Dec 15, 2022 Council Meetings - Regular

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SO. GOOD EVENING.

MERRY CHRISTMAS.

[CALL TO ORDER]

OUR INVOCATION WILL BE PROVIDED BY MR. KEITH BETTER HUMANIST CELEBRANT, AND OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL BE LED BY COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO.

ETHE. OH, YOU DON'T KNOW.

OFF THE STAND. FEEL FREE.

SIT DOWN. RELAX.

GOOD EVENING. AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO GOVERNANCE.

AND THANK YOU TO ALL IN ATTENDANCE FOR PARTICIPATING AS WELL.

TO PARAPHRASE ALBERT EINSTEIN.

ONE KNOWS THAT ONE EXISTS FOR OTHER PEOPLE UPON WHOSE SMILES AND WELL-BEING OUR OWN HAPPINESS DEPENDS, AND FOR THE MANY UNKNOWN TO US, WHOSE DESTINIES WE ARE BOUND BY TIES OF SYMPATHY.

EVERY DAY I REMIND MYSELF THAT MY INNER AND OUTER LIFE ARE BASED ON THE LABORS OF BOTH LIVING AND DEAD, AND THAT I MUST EXERT MYSELF IN ORDER TO GIVE AS MUCH AS I HAVE RECEIVED AND AM STILL RECEIVING.

AS WE BEGIN TODAY'S MEETING, LET US EMBRACE THESE WORDS FOR THE THINGS WE ACCOMPLISH AND DECIDE IN THIS ROOM.

WE'LL HAVE A DIRECT EFFECT ON ALL THE PEOPLE IN THIS CITY AND COUNTY AND MANY MORE.

MAYBE FOCUS ON THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE AND MAYBE RESIST THE TEMPTATION TO MAKE DECISIONS THROUGH A ZERO SUM LENS.

MAYBE USE OUR SHARED VALUES OF INTEGRITY, REASON AND EMPATHY AS WE SEARCH FOR EQUITABLE SOLUTIONS TO BENEFIT ALL IN OUR COMMUNITY.

MAY OUR ACTIONS HERE LIFT ONE ANOTHER UP AND MOTIVATE ALL OF US TO STEP FORWARD WITH KINDNESS AND COMPASSION, NOT FEAR OR HATRED FOR A COMMUNITY IS ONLY AS STRONG AS THE DISADVANTAGED AMONG US.

MAYBE REMEMBER THIS AND LET THAT GUIDE US AS WE CONDUCT THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT IN THESE CHAMBERS AND REPRESENT THEM IN OUR DAILY LIVES AS WELL.

THANK YOU. THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

ROTH. MS..

LEFLER ROLL CALL.

NINA MEDINA PRESIDENT.

DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX HERE.

COUNCILMAN JOHNSON HERE.

COUNCILMAN FOSTER HERE.

COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO HERE.

MISS SHERMAN HERE.

MR. EDWARDS HERE.

THANK YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX ANNOUNCEMENTS.

[ANNOUNCEMENTS]

TWO VACANCIES ON THE CITIZEN'S BUDGET ADVISORY BOARD REPRESENTS A LARGE POSITIONS.

ONE VACANCY ON THE YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD REPRESENTED AT LARGE STUDENT MEMBER.

ANYONE WISHES TO SERVE ON THESE BOARDS CAN APPLY ONLINE AT PALM BAY.

FOLLOW THE DOT ORG OR CONTACT THE CITY CLERK OFFICE AT 321952 3414.

ALSO, WE'RE ON AGENDA REVISIONS AND I WANTED TO BRING SOMETHING FORWARD TO YOU.

THERE'S A NEW BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER TWO.

THE CONSIDERATION OF CO SPONSORSHIP REQUESTS BY THE INDIAN ASSOCIATION OF SPACE COAST INC.

AND THE FLORIDA HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WANTED TO SEE IF WE COULD MOVE THAT THAT NEW BUSINESS NUMBER TWO TO AFTER THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENTS SO MOVED.

SO I GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON SAID GOOD BYE.

I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.

THINKING ABOUT COUNCILMAN FOSTER, IT STILL TAKEN ME SOME TIME.

MY APOLOGIES.

DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX ALL IN FAVOR? HI. ANY OPPOSE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ALSO. PRAISE THE LORD.

THANK YOU, MISS SHERMAN.

[AGENDA REVISIONS]

I THANK YOU, MAYOR. I HAVE THREE ITEMS TO REPORT.

FIRST, A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE MAYOR'S BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT RECIPIENT THRIFTY SPECIALTY PRODUCE AND MEATS HAS BEEN ADDED AS ITEM NUMBER ONE UNDER PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS. ALSO, WE HAVE ADDED CONSIDERATION OF A SECOND AMENDMENT TO A CONTRACT WITH WADE TRIM FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES DURING CONSTRUCTION AT THE SOUTH REGIONAL WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY UNDER ITEM ONE UNDER PROCUREMENTS.

AND LASTLY, ITEM NUMBER NINE UNDER CONSENT AGENDA RELATING TO THE ALLOCATION OF REMAINING ARPA FUNDING HAS BEEN MOVED TO ITEM SEVEN UNDER NEW BUSINESS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. EDWARDS. MAYOR, WE HAVE NO AGENDA ITEM REVISIONS.

THANK YOU. SO WE'RE NOW ON PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS.

[PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS]

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IT'S MOSTLY, YOU KNOW, WE WE LOVE TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES HERE IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

AND WE HAVE DEVELOPED THE BUSINESS, THE MAYOR'S BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT.

AND FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER, MANY OF YOU MAY HAVE SHOPPED THERE.

IF YOU HAVEN'T, MAYBE YOU SHOULD.

BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO THEY HAVE SPECIALTY MEATS AND PRODUCE, BUT THEY HAVE SOME EXCELLENT CHOW WHEN IT COMES TO LATIN FLAVOR FOOD.

YOU MIGHT CHOOSE THE RIGHT PLACE IN THRIFTY SPECIALTY PRODUCE.

SO I'M GOING TO ASK PEDRO HERNANDEZ AND HIS FAMILY AND HIS TEAM TO COME COME FORWARD AS WE RECOGNIZE THIS LOCAL BUSINESS.

I THINK YOU CAN BRING YOUR WHOLE TEAM, SIR.

I THINK EDGAR KOBUS IS HERE.

HE'S SHY. COME ON UP, SIR.

YOU'RE PART OF HIS STAFF.

IT IS. AND HE IS, ISN'T HE? HOW ARE YOU DOING? CONGRATULATIONS.

IT IS HEREBY RECOGNIZED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, THE GREATEST CITY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA.

WHEREAS THRIFTY SPECIALTY PRODUCE MEATS AND MEATS IS RECOGNIZED AS THE MAYOR'S BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT PROGRAM RECIPIENT FOR THE FIRST THE LAST QUARTER OF THE YEAR OR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2023, AS YOU WERE IT.

WE'RE IN THE LAST QUARTER NOW, BUT THIS IS YOU'RE BREAKING THE WAY FOR 2023 THAT ARE YOUNG MAN.

WHEREAS THRIFTY SPECIALTY PRODUCE AND MEATS LOCATED TAKE NO.

2135 PALM BAY ROAD NORTHEAST HAS BEEN THE FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED ESTABLISHED BUSINESS IN PALM BAY SINCE 2011.

AND. WHEREAS, THRIFTY SPECIALTY PRODUCE AND MEATS OFFERS AN ASSORTMENT OF HIGH QUALITY FOODS SUCH AS MEATS, PRODUCE SEAFOOD, INTERNATIONAL FOODS AND PRODUCTS, HOT FOODS, ONSITE BAKERY, CATERING SERVICES, AND BOTH TAKEOUT AND DELIVERY OPTIONS.

LISTEN, LET ME TELL YOU, IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD THAT SWEET BREAD THAT THEY BAKE ON THE PREMISES, I GOT TO TELL YOU, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE MISSING.

I HAVE TO RUN AT LEAST TWO MILES AFTER I EAT ONE OF THOSE EFFORTLESS.

BUT THE THE DELICACIES THERE ARE IMPECCABLE.

WHEREAS SOME OF THESE SPECIALTY PRODUCE AND MEATS HAS A PROVEN BUSINESS MODEL WITH A TRACK RECORD THAT INCLUDES WORKFORCE GROWTH, INCREASED REVENUES, CAPITAL EXPANSION THAT HAVE ENHANCED THEIR ABILITY TO SERVE THEIR CUSTOMERS WITH EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE, NOT ONLY IN PALM BAY, BUT THROUGHOUT ALL OF BREVARD COUNTY WITH THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF GOODS AND SERVICES.

AND. WHEREAS, THRIFTY SPECIALTY PRODUCE AND MEATS IS INNOVATIVE IN THE TYPE OF PRODUCTS THEY OFFER TO INCLUDE ITEMS YOU WOULD NOT FIND IN A TYPICAL TYPICAL GROCERY STORE PROVIDE THEM AT A FRACTION OF THE COST OF ITS COMPETITORS, KEEPING THEM COMPETITIVE AND EXCLUSIVE IN THE INDUSTRY.

THEY SOURCE PRODUCE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD USING A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT VENDORS AND FEATURE LOCAL PRODUCE.

EACH SECTION OF PRODUCE IS LABELED WITH THE PLACE OF ORIGIN TO ENSURE CUSTOMERS KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THEIR FOOD IS COMING FROM.

AND. WHEREAS, THRIFTY SPECIALTY PRODUCE AND MEATS HAS BEEN A STRONG COMMUNITY PARTNER, BY GIVING BACK THROUGH VARIOUS DONATIONS AND SPONSORSHIPS TO CHARITABLE EVENTS AND PARTNERING WITH BREVARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION, SESSIONS OF FOOD, WATER AND MORE TO STUDENTS AND THEIR FACULTIES.

THEY ARE ALSO AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE GREATER PALM BAY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

NOW THEIR FARAI ROB MEDINA, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY OF SAID OFFICE, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE THAT THRIFTY SPECIALTY PRODUCE AND MEATS IS THE CITY OF PALM BAY RECIPIENT FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR 2023 FOR THE MAYOR'S BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT PROGRAM.

AND WITNESS WHEREOF I HAVE SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY TO BE AFFIXED THIS 15TH DAY OF DECEMBER 2022. CONGRATULATIONS, PEDRO HERNANDEZ.

NOW IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

THANK YOU. OH, GREAT.

LET'S CLOSE THE GAP. OOH.

NOT AS GOOD AS YOU WITH THE WORDS, BUT GOOD EVENING TO ALL.

HOW ARE YOU DOING? ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE THRIFTY TEAM, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CITY OF PALM BAY AND ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS FOR CONTINUED SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.

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AS A GROCER THAT CATERS TO ALL WEEK, WE GET TO CONNECT WITH CUSTOMERS ON A DAILY BASIS.

WE HAVE A FRONT ROW SEAT TO THE GROWTH WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY AND HAVE WATCHED PALM BAY BECOME A MELTING POT THAT HAS THAT HAS ATTRACTED FAMILIES TO LIVE HERE BECAUSE OF ITS BEAUTIFUL ENVIRONMENT.

PALM BAY FOR US FEELS LIKE HOME AND WILL ALWAYS HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE IN OUR HEARTS.

WE CAN'T THANK OUR CUSTOMERS ENOUGH BECAUSE WITHOUT THEM WE WOULDN'T BE HERE.

WE WOULDN'T BE WHERE WE WERE TODAY.

AND WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FOR ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION.

WITHOUT WITHOUT THEM, NONE OF THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE.

OBVIOUSLY NOT.

THEY'RE NOT HERE PRESENT TODAY.

BUT WE HAVE SOME FAMILY HERE THAT'S ALWAYS SUPPORTING US.

WE TAKE PRIDE IN SERVING THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE FEEL IT'S IT'S OUR DUTY NOT AS A BUSINESS, BUT AS A NEIGHBOR TO ALL.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK GOD FOR BLESSING MY FAMILY EVERY DAY.

I WANT TO THANK MY WIFE, WHO IS A BACKBONE IN MY LIFE AND MY THREE BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN FOR BEING ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.

WE ARE A BIG FAMILY AND WE SUPPORT EACH OTHER EVERY DAY.

AND FOR THAT I AM THANKFUL.

AS YOU KNOW, EDGAR, AND HE'S ALWAYS BEEN THERE AND KOBE'S FAMILY.

THESE ARE MY NEPHEWS.

AND NEXT WAVE OF THE LEGACY.

YES. YES.

I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL AND CONGRESS FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

AND IN THIS RECOGNITION, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND SERVICE MEMBERS FOR ALLOWING US TO LIVE THE AMERICAN DREAM.

PLEASE SHOW THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

AND LET'S NOT FORGET TO HONOR OUR VETERANS.

ON BEHALF OF THE THRIFTY FAMILY, WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THIS RECOGNITION.

THANK YOU AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS, ALL THANKS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT.

IT APPEARS TO ME THAT SOMEONE ATE THEIR CHILD, ATE THEIR FOOD AND NOMINATED THEM BECAUSE THEY HAD TO TRACK DOWN INFORMATION.

THEY HAD TO CALL THE OFFICE.

SO IT APPEARS THAT ONE OF THE CUSTOMERS SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS ESTABLISHMENT IS IS IMPECCABLE.

YOU PROVIDE AN OUTSTANDING SERVICE NOT ONLY TO OUR COMMUNITY, BUT WHAT YOU REPRESENT IS FAMILY VALUES IS HONORED HERE TODAY AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU, PEDRO, SO MUCH.

LET'S TAKE A LET'S TAKE A PHOTO OVER HERE.

YOU GOT THAT? OKAY, GOOD.

THEY HAVE REALLY GOOD EMPANADAS.

IF IF, IF YOU GUYS ARE WONDERING.

[PRESENTATIONS]

MS.. MS.. SHERMAN I THANK YOU, MARA.

I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO ASK OUR CITY ENGINEER, FRANK WATANABE, TO COME UP, AND I'D LIKE HIM TO INTRODUCE THE MEMBERS OF THE TEAM THAT ARE IN THE ROOM AND THEN TURN IT OVER TO TRAVIS FOR THE PRESENTATION. ALL RIGHT.

GOOD EVENING, FRANCOIS. KNOB CITY ENGINEER.

I JUST WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK OUR STAFF, ALAN DUNN, HECTOR FRANCO AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO DO THIS ROAD SAFETY AUDIT.

AND HERE WITH ME IS TRAVIS HILL FROM KITTLESON AND ALSO FRANK HIXSON FROM ARKANSAS.

SO WITH THAT, TRAVIS.

PUT THIS DOWN HERE IN CASE I NEED IT.

DON'T LET ME FORGET IT. I DON'T WANT TO WALK OFF WITHOUT.

SO IS THERE.

THAT'S THE REPORT.

WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION.

THERE WE GO. LOOKS LIKE IT.

ALL RIGHT. AS THE BIG GREEN OR BIG BUTTON IN THE MIDDLE TO GO FORWARD. ALL RIGHT.

PERFECT. PERFECT.

NICE AND EASY. ALL RIGHT.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS TRAVIS HILLS.

I'M A KITTLESON ASSOCIATES.

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SO A LITTLE BIT OF AN AGENDA.

TRY TO GET THROUGH THIS HERE. IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES, WE'LL DISCUSS KIND OF WHAT THE ROAD SAFETY AUDIT WAS, WHO WAS A PART OF IT, WHAT WE WENT OUT AND LOOKED AT.

WE'LL TALK THROUGH THE CRASH DATA THAT WE PULLED FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS FOR THE CURVE AREA.

I'LL DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ABOUT THE CURVE AND THE ROADWAY SURROUNDING, AND THEN WE'LL TALK THROUGH THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO A LITTLE BIT ON THE ROAD SAFETY AUDIT, THE WHO, WHEN AND WHAT.

WE HAD A MULTIPLY MULTIPLE DISCIPLINARY TEAM.

IT'S QUITE A MOUTHFUL THAT WENT OUT WITH US ON OCTOBER 26TH.

WE WERE LOOKING AT NIGHT TIME, MORNING AND AFTERNOON CONDITIONS, SO WE WERE TRYING TO GET KIND OF THOSE DAYTIME CONDITIONS AND ALSO LOOKING AT IT AT NIGHT AS WELL.

THOSE ALL PLAYED A FACTOR IN SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU'LL SEE HERE LATER IN THE PRESENTATION.

WHAT DID WE LOOK AT? WE LOOKED AT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ROADWAY FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THESE DIFFERENT CRASHES, ROADWAY LIGHTING, DRIVER BEHAVIOR.

WE ALSO DID A BALL BANK ANALYSIS TO SEE WHAT THE ELEVATION OF THAT CURVE IS.

WE LOOKED AT DIFFERENT ROADWAY CHARACTERISTICS LIKE LANE WIDTH.

WE LOOKED AT THE CURVE RADII, WE LOOKED AT WHERE THE CURVES WERE, WHERE THOSE CRASHES WERE HAPPENING, DIFFERENT POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUES THAT WE WERE SEEING WHILE WE WENT OUT AND WALK THE CORRIDOR AND THEN THE OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPROVEMENTS.

AND WE DISCUSSED ALL OF THIS WITH THE TEAM AS WE WALK TO THIS CORRIDOR.

SO A LITTLE BIT ON THE CRASH DATA SIDE OF THINGS.

WE LOOKED AT TEN YEARS OF CRASH DATA.

TYPICALLY WITH A ROAD SAFETY AUDIT, YOU CAN LOOK AT 3 TO 5.

WE WANTED TO GO BACK TEN YEARS BECAUSE WE DO KNOW THAT THERE WERE A FEW FATAL CRASHES IN THAT TIME PERIOD.

ONE WAS A LITTLE BIT LONGER AGO, SO IT WAS KIND OF IN THAT 5 TO 10 YEAR WINDOW, ONE A LITTLE BIT MORE RECENTLY.

WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THIS LOCATION, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT A 500 FOOT STRETCH OF ROADWAY THAT HAD 65 TOTAL CRASHES OVER TEN YEARS WITH 50 OF THOSE BEING RUN OFF THE ROAD.

RELATED. SO SOMEONE WHO DEPARTS THE ROADWAY ITSELF, HITS THE CURB, RUNS OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD OR RUNS INTO THE MEDIAN FOR A SMALL SECTION OF ROADWAY THAT IS A VERY HIGH NUMBER OF CRASHES.

THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THESE PIE CHARTS ON THE SLIDE HERE, SOME INTERESTING BREAKDOWNS THAT YOU SEE.

WE HAD OVER 50% OF OUR CRASHES RELATED RESULTED IN AN INJURY.

AND WE DID HAVE THOSE TWO FATAL CRASHES AS WELL, BOTH OF THOSE BEING MOTORCYCLE RELATED.

THE CHARTS TO THE RIGHT, THE SMALLER PIE CHARTS, ALSO VERY INTERESTING.

SO SOMETHING THAT I DON'T SEE IN THE SAFETY WORK THAT I DO VERY OFTEN, ABOUT 50% WET CRASHES.

VERY HIGH PROPORTION THERE.

AND ALSO ABOUT FOUR ABOUT 50%, 45% IN THE NIGHTTIME AS WELL.

SO INDICATING A LIGHTING ISSUE.

MOTORCYCLE CRASHES ALSO A VERY HIGH PROPORTION.

YOU'RE UP AROUND 25% OF OUR CRASHES INVOLVED MOTORCYCLES.

AND THEN THE OTHER INTERESTING PIECE, THE LOWER RIGHT HAND PIE, 75% OF OUR CRASHES INCLUDED PALM BAY RESIDENTS.

SO THIS ISN'T A CORRIDOR.

THAT'S A COMMUTER CORRIDOR.

IT'S NOT FOLKS THAT ARE COMING FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTY OR THE OR THE REGION.

THESE ARE YOUR OWN RESIDENTS OR OUR OWN RESIDENTS THAT ARE GETTING INTO THESE TYPES OF CRASHES.

AND SO I THINK THAT PLAYS A LITTLE BIT INTO THE DRIVER BEHAVIOR ASPECT THAT FOLKS KNOW THIS CURVE IS THERE.

THEY KNOW IT'S POSTED AT 30 MILES PER HOUR.

THEY'RE STILL GOING TO DRIVE 40.

THEY'RE STILL GOING TO DRIVE FASTER THAN WHAT THE ADVISORY SIGNS ARE SHOWING.

SO THEN I WANTED TO SHOW THIS IS JUST A SAMPLE OF A CRASH COLLISION DIAGRAM THAT WE PUT TOGETHER.

THIS IS FOR FIVE YEARS OF DATA, 2017 TO 2021.

WE ALSO HAVE THESE FOR THAT OTHER FIVE YEAR PERIOD AS WELL, 2011 TO 2016.

BUT JUST WANTED TO SHOW AN EXAMPLE OF THE TYPES OF CRASHES THAT WE WERE SEEING OUT HERE.

SO A LOT OF SQUIGGLY LINES, A LOT OF DIFFERENT ICONS.

WHAT I WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO ARE THE TWO RED BOXES THAT YOU SEE RIGHT AS YOU APPROACH KIND OF THIS CURVE GOING IN KIND OF THE NORTHBOUND OR THE EASTBOUND DIRECTION AND THEN KIND OF THE END OF THE CURVE EXITING THE CURVE IN THAT SOUTHBOUND DIRECTION.

THE THING I WANT TO POINT YOU TO ARE THOSE STARRED RED.

THOSE RED STARS THAT YOU SEE, THOSE ARE MOTORCYCLE CRASHES.

IT IS AMAZING.

NOT AMAZING. IT'S JUST UNBELIEVABLE TO SEE THE CONCENTRATION OF VERY SPECIFIC CRASH TYPES AND VERY SPECIFIC CRASH VEHICLES AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS ALONG THIS CURVE.

SO THAT LOWER BOX, YOU'LL SEE WE HAD FOUR CRASHES.

ALL FOUR WERE MOTORCYCLE RELATED RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CURVE.

EVERYONE HIT THAT CURVE EDGE OR THAT CURVE RETURN FOR WHEN BOOK DRIVE.

SO VERY KIND OF DANGEROUS SPOT IN THAT ONE ONE SPECIFIC LOCATION.

SO A LITTLE BIT ON THE BACKGROUND OF THE CURVE.

SO LET ME GO FORWARD A COUPLE OF SHEETS HERE.

SO STARTING OFF WHEN WHEN BAYSIDE LAKES BOULEVARD WAS CONSTRUCTED, WE HEARD FROM OUR TEAM THAT IT WAS CONSTRUCTED AS A 30 MILE PER HOUR FACILITY.

SO IF YOU ALL DRIVE IT TODAY, YOU SEE IT.

IT'S POSTED AT 40 MILES PER HOUR.

THERE WAS A SPEED STUDY THAT WAS DONE AT SOME POINT IN TIME.

I DON'T KNOW WHEN I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT STUDY.

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THE AVERAGE TRAVEL SPEED WAS 40 MILES PER HOUR, PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT GREATER.

SO THAT CAUSED THIS ROADWAY TO BE POSTED FROM 30 MILES PER HOUR.

THAT POSTED SPEED, NOT ONE UP TO 40 MILES PER HOUR.

WELL, THE CURVE, NOTHING HAPPENED.

THAT CURVE GEOMETRY STAYED THE SAME.

IT WAS DESIGNED AS A 30 MILE PER HOUR CURVE.

SO NOW YOU HAVE 40 MILES PER HOUR.

YOU HAVE A 30 MILE PER HOUR CURVE, AND THEN YOU HAVE 40 MILES GOING TO THE NORTH ON EMERSON.

SO YOU SEE THAT THERE'S A SPEED INCONSISTENCY AS YOU'RE APPROACHING GOING THROUGH THIS CURVE, WHICH IS CAUSING SOME OF THESE CRASHES THAT WE'RE SEEING.

RECENT SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS WERE IMPLEMENTED ALONG THE CURVE.

SO WE HAD CURVE WARNING TURN AHEAD, WARNING SIGNS, THOSE SPEED FEEDBACK SIGNS THAT YOU SEE BOTH IN THE MEDIAN AND ON THE ROAD SIDE.

THOSE WERE ACTUALLY CRITICAL DURING OUR FIELD REVIEW BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO GET VISUAL OBSERVATIONS OF HOW FAST CARS WERE GOING.

SO IT GIVES YOU YOUR FEEDBACK.

WE WERE SEEING CARS CONSISTENTLY 35, 40 MILES PER HOUR AS THEY WERE APPROACHING THE CURVE.

THEY WERE NOT SLOWING DOWN.

AND THEN COMING FROM THESE IMPROVEMENTS.

THESE IMPROVEMENTS WERE DONE A FEW MONTHS AGO.

THE RSA WAS DONE BACK IN OCTOBER.

SO WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO SEE IS THAT WITH SOME OF THESE RECENT IMPROVEMENTS, A REDUCTION IN CRASHES AND THEN SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING ON TOP OF THAT, TO SEE A FURTHER REDUCTION IN CRASHES HERE OVER THE COMING YEARS WHEN THOSE GET IMPLEMENTED.

SO THAT LEADS ME TO MY RECOMMENDATIONS.

IMPROVING CURVE NAVIGATION.

THIS IS A CRITICAL ONE.

SO LOOKING AT DOUBLING THE NUMBER OF RAISED PAVEMENT MARKERS OTHERWISE KNOWN AS RPMS. SO THERE ARE THOSE LITTLE PLASTIC YELLOW OR WHITE KIND OF STICKERS THAT YOU SEE.

THEY'RE KIND OF RAISED THAT ARE ON THE ROAD SIDE OR IN THE MEDIAN.

WE'RE LOOKING TO DOUBLE THOSE IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.

SO RIGHT NOW THEY'RE SPACED A COUPLE OF HUNDRED FEET APART EACH ABOUT 100 FEET APART, EACH LOOKING TO DOUBLE THOSE, PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE RETRO REFLECTIVITY AS YOU GO THROUGHOUT THE CURVE. WE ALSO WANT TO ADD RPMS TO THE NORTHEAST CURVE FACE AT BROOK DRIVE.

IT WAS THAT LOCATION WHERE WE HAD THOSE FOUR MOTORCYCLE CRASHES.

WE'RE HOPING THAT AS YOU APPROACH THAT IN THE DARK, IF YOU PUT THOSE RPMS ON THAT CURVE FACE, MAYBE MAKE THEM A DIFFERENT COLOR, MAYBE RED.

THERE'S A RED SIDE TO THESE RPMS. MAYBE IT HELPS KIND OF BRING THAT CURVE, THAT CURVE AREA A LITTLE BIT MORE ATTENTION.

THOSE MOTORCYCLES SEE IT.

THEY CAN HOPEFULLY DIVERT A LITTLE BIT QUICKER AND RECOGNIZE THAT A LITTLE BIT FASTER.

IT IS VERY DARK.

SO I WILL GET TO THAT IN MY LAST SLIDE, ADDING DELINEATIONS IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ALONG THE CURVE.

SO WE WANT TO TRY TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF FIXED OBJECTS THAT WE HAVE.

SIGNAGE ISN'T NECESSARILY IDEAL, BUT ADDING THESE LITTLE DELINEATIONS THERE ARE ABOUT THE TWO OR THREE FOOT POSTS THAT YOU SEE THAT COULD BE AN ENHANCEMENT THAT'S MADE YOU PUT SOME OF THOSE IN THE MEDIAN FOR THE SOUTHBOUND.

YOU PUT THEM ON THE ROAD SIDE FOR THE NORTHBOUND HELP, PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE RETRO REFLECTIVITY FOR THE CURVE.

OFFSETTING THE LEFT TURN LANE.

SO YOU'LL SEE THE LITTLE DIAGRAM THERE WHERE YOU HAVE THE PAINTED AREA BETWEEN THE LEFT TURN LANE AND THE THROUGH LANE.

WHAT'S GOING ON IS IN THE SOUTHBOUND DIRECTION.

IT KIND OF FLARES OPEN FOR THE LEFT TURN GOING INTO WIND.

BROOK DRIVE CREATES THIS PERCEPTION THAT THE CURVE IS PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO NAVIGATE THAN WHAT WE WOULD THINK.

SO PROVIDING A LITTLE BIT MORE STRIPING IN THAT AREA, OFFSETTING THAT LEFT TURN LANE WILL HELP PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE KIND OF DELINEATION FOR THE CURVE AS YOU'RE COMING SOUTHBOUND AND THEN A LONG TERM RECOMMENDATION, CONSIDER ROADWAY RECONSTRUCTION.

SO THAT'S OBVIOUSLY A VERY COSTLY IMPROVEMENT.

BUT THE SUPER ELEVATION DOES NOT MEET STANDARDS.

SO WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF THESE CARS GOING AROUND THE CURVE AND IT'S PRETTY FLAT.

SO YOU SEE THEM START TO KIND OF TIP A LITTLE BIT AS I GO TO THE OUTSIDE WITH THE MOMENTUM.

LIKE I SAID, THAT'S PROBABLY YOUR LONGER TERM IMPROVEMENT.

IT'S A MUCH MORE COSTLY FIX FOR THIS TYPE OF ISSUE.

SO I MENTIONED ROADWAY LIGHTING A FEW DIFFERENT TIMES.

WE'RE PROPOSING THIS IN TWO PHASES.

SO YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE STATS THAT WE ADD HERE THAT I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.

PHASE ONE ADDING OVERHEAD LIGHTING AT THAT CORNER AT WIND BROOK DRIVE.

IT IS VERY DARK.

WE HAVE PICTURES.

PICTURES DON'T DO IT JUSTICE IF YOU'RE DRIVING IT.

THAT CURB RETURN SNEAKS UP ON YOU.

AND I CAN SEE WHY FOLKS ARE HITTING THAT CURB RIGHT AS IT IS, RIGHT AS YOU GET INTO THE CURVE GOING NORTHBOUND, PHASE TWO, A LITTLE BIT MORE COSTLY WOULD BE ADDING THAT ROADWAY LIGHTING ALONG THE ENTIRE SEGMENT.

SO THAT'S KIND OF YOUR YOUR SHORT TERM GET OUT THERE, PUT UP A LIGHT NOW AND THEN LONGER TERM WOULD BE TO GET LIGHTING AROUND THAT WHOLE CURVE.

SO IMPROVING VEHICLE SPEED COMPLIANCE THROUGH THE CURVES.

LIKE I MENTIONED, YOU HAVE THE 40 MILE PER HOUR ROADWAY.

YOU HAVE THE THE 30 MILE PER HOUR CURVE ITSELF THAT'S CAUSING THOSE SOME OF THOSE ISSUES.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO RECOMMEND IS ADDING A SET OF ADDITIONAL PAVEMENT MARKINGS THAT SAY 30 MILES PER HOUR AS YOU APPROACH THE CURVE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER UPSTREAM.

HOPEFULLY GET PEOPLE TO RECOGNIZE THOSE, SEE THOSE IN THE PAVEMENT, AND THEN ADDING ANOTHER SET OF THE HORIZONTAL ALIGNMENT TURN AHEAD SIGNS AS WELL.

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RESURFACING. SO THIS IS AN EASY ONE.

I WAS TALKING WITH FRANK AND IT LOOKS LIKE THIS CORRIDOR IS GOING TO BE RESURFACED.

AND I THINK THE NEXT FEW YEARS IT'S NEEDED.

THE ROADWAY HAS SOME CRACKING IN IT ALREADY.

MOTORCYCLES, IF THERE'S NOT THAT FRICTION COURSE OUT THERE, THAT PROVIDES A BIG KIND OF SKID HAZARD FOR THEM.

SO GETTING OUT, DOING THE RESURFACING, PUTTING IN THAT HIGH FRICTION COURSE TREATMENT, I THINK THAT WILL HELP TREMENDOUSLY, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE MOTORCYCLE CRASHES.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, ANY QUESTIONS? ALSO ANY QUESTIONS. COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO THIS QUESTION MIGHT BE FOR YOU.

FIRST OFF, THANK YOU, SIR, FOR WHAT YOU DID.

AND I TALKED TO MR. STICE. THIS WAS IT TOOK SOME TIME TO GET THIS DONE, BUT WE GOT IT DONE.

SO NOW THAT WE HAVE THE INFORMATION.

WHAT DO WE HAVE COST ANALYSIS OR A COST ESTIMATE ON SOME OF THESE ITEMS THAT WE'VE BROUGHT BEFORE US.

SO THAT IS NOT THAT WASN'T INCLUDED AS PART OF THE RSA.

BUT IN TALKING WITH FRANK, A LOT OF THESE SHORT TERM RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING ARE HOPEFULLY PLUG AND PLAY MAINTENANCE TYPE IMPROVEMENTS THAT COULD BE DONE.

THEORETICALLY, I SAY TOMORROW, OBVIOUSLY NOTHING GETS DONE IN A DAY SOMETIMES, BUT A LOT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING ARE THOSE LOWER COST IMPROVEMENTS.

SO WHEN YOU READ THROUGH THE REPORT, THAT KIND OF FIRST GROUPING, THOSE ARE GOING TO BE YOUR LOWER COST, YOUR A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS, MAYBE A COUPLE OF THOUSAND TYPE IMPROVEMENTS AS YOU GO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, OBVIOUSLY ROADWAY RECONSTRUCTION, A LITTLE BIT MORE COSTLY, WHICH WE'RE WE'RE MAKING MOVES TOWARDS ROAD MAINTENANCE ANYWAYS FOR THE WHOLE CITY SO I GUESS MAYOR.

TOWARDS OUR CITY MANAGER.

DO WE NEED TO GIVE YOU DIRECTION TONIGHT OR.

I KNOW I'M GETTING JUMPING THE GUN, BUT JUST I'M PREPARED TO IMPLEMENT AS MANY OF THESE AS POSSIBLE.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE ONES THAT TRAVIS MENTIONED THAT ARE THE LOWER COST ONES, WE CAN DO THAT WITHIN CURRENT BUDGET.

SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO AHEAD AND WORK ON THEM.

OKAY. YOU KNOW, THE MORE EXPANSIVE TYPE ITEMS WOULD COME BACK TO YOU WITH AGENDA ITEMS TO TO LOOK AT THOSE.

BUT WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS START IMPLEMENTING SOME OF THESE NEW LOWER COST ACTIVITIES AND THEN WE'LL MONITOR THE CURVE BECAUSE WE KNOW, LIKE RIGHT AWAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT JUST I THINK COUNCIL AS A WHOLE IS ON BOARD WITH THIS BECAUSE MR. STICE, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY COUNTLESS TIMES AND YOU'RE HERE BECAUSE MR. STICE HAS. THIS NAVEL SALT SAILOR HAS COUNTLESS TIMES OF OF HARPING ON THE DANGERS THAT ARE THERE AND, AND THE LOSS OF LIFE.

RIGHT. SO I THINK COUNCIL AS A WHOLE HAS GIVEN YOU THAT DIRECTION MA'AM AND SO.

OUTSTANDING PRESENTATION.

REALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT I WAS RIGHT ALONG WITH COUNCILMAN JOHNSON WHAT'S IT GOING TO COST? BUT THEN THE FLIP SIDE OF THAT IS.

WHAT'S THE PRICE OF SAVING ONE LIFE? RIGHT. SO THAT'S AND I THINK WITH US HERE, I THINK THAT'S THAT'S OUR OUR OUR VISION IS NOT TO JEOPARDIZE ANYONE'S LIFE.

SO, COUNCILMAN FOSTER AND THEN COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. FIRST QUESTION.

I HAVE GREAT PRESENTATION.

I LIKE WHAT YOU RECOMMEND.

HAVE YOU CONSIDERED SPEED BUMPS? AND SPEED BUMPS IS SOMETHING THAT.

YOU LOOKED AT AS FAR AS ONE RECOMMENDATION.

SO ON A 40 MILE PER HOUR ROAD.

THAT IS NOT ONE OF THE TREATMENTS THAT THAT IS RECOMMENDED.

YOU GET PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING THAT FAST.

YOU CAUSE YOU CAN CAUSE SOME DAMAGE TO CARS AND CREATE SOME SIGNIFICANT, SIGNIFICANT ISSUES.

IF YOU DECIDED TO PUT SPEED BUMPS IN.

I TYPICALLY SEE SPEED HUMPS RAISE TABLES, CERTAIN TREATMENTS LIKE THOSE VERTICAL, I CALL THEM VERTICAL TREATMENTS ON MORE KIND OF LOCAL RESIDENTIAL, LOWER SPEED, 20 TO 25 MILE PER HOUR ROADS.

I THINK ONCE YOU GET UP OVER 30 OR 35 MILES PER HOUR, THOSE AREN'T NECESSARILY RECOMMENDED SAFETY TREATMENTS.

OKAY. AND I WASN'T AWARE OF THAT.

STRIPING WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE STREETLIGHTS.

THIS COUNCIL I KNOW DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX AND MYSELF ALWAYS PUSHING FOR STREETLIGHTS.

BUT STRIPING ALSO HELPS REFLECTION REFLECTORS.

DID YOU CONSIDER PUTTING REFLECTIVE SMALL REFLECTORS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YELLOW LINE? THE DIVIDING LINE? ABSOLUTELY. SO SO THAT'S WHAT THE THE RAISED PAVEMENT MARKERS ARE.

SO YOU'LL SEE WE KIND OF PASTED THEM IN IN THE DIAGRAM IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER.

THAT'S WHAT THAT'S SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT ARE THOSE LITTLE LIKE REFLECTIVE KIND OF PLASTIC PIECES THAT GET MOUNTED ON THE STRIPING ITSELF.

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SO THERMOPLASTIC RESTRIPING.

IT IS VERY RETRO, REFLECTIVE.

THERE WERE A FEW SPOTS THAT WERE A LITTLE FADED, MAINLY ON THE MESSAGE MARKINGS THAT WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.

SO THEY GET RUN OVER BY TIRES AND THOSE FADE A LITTLE BIT QUICKER.

BUT THE EDGE LINES AND THE MEDIANS ACTUALLY LOOKED PRETTY GOOD BECAUSE THEY WERE REPAINTED ABOUT FOUR MONTHS AGO.

SO SO WHEN YOU WHEN YOU SAID A LOT OF CRASHES HAPPENED WHEN THE ROAD WAS WET.

MM HMM. WHAT'S THE DRAINAGE ON THAT ROAD? YOU COULD HAVE A NICE, SMOOTH ROAD, BUT JUST A LITTLE RAIN COULD MAKE IT SLIPPERY.

ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORCYCLE.

RIGHT. THAT YOU CONSIDER THAT WHEN YOU WAS OUT THERE.

SO WHEN WE WERE OUT THERE, WE DIDN'T SEE ANY DRAINAGE ISSUES PER SE, SO THERE WASN'T PONDING ON THE ROAD.

IT HADN'T RAINED. IN TALKING WITH THE TEAM, THERE WASN'T.

IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT THERE'S A DRAINAGE ISSUE ON THE ROAD ITSELF.

SO IT SEEMS LIKE THE ROADWAY DRAINS JUST FINE.

YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF STANDING WATER, BUT LIKE YOU ALLUDED TO, YOU COULD HAVE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF WET PAVEMENT, ESPECIALLY IF YOU GO MONTHS WITHOUT RAIN.

SO OUR DRY SEASON, ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT FIRST RAIN OF SPRING, THAT PAVEMENT IS VERY SLICK, YOU GOT THE OILS, YOU GOT EVERYTHING ELSE.

AND SO YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT YOUR REPORT.

WELL WHAT'S THE MILES PER HOUR.

A CAR STARTS TO HYDROPLANE WHEN IT'S WET, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.

OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD I WAS ALWAYS TOLD LIKE 45 MILES PER HOUR.

MAYBE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I KNOW, I KNOW. I HYDROPLANE WHEN I'M GOING 70 ON I-95, SO.

OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR.

YEAH, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND A GREAT, GREAT JOB AND GREAT COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY STAFF AS WELL.

I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT ONE THING HERE IS THAT THE LONG TERM SOLUTION, CONSIDER ROADWAY RECONSTRUCTION TO IMPROVE THE SUPER ELEVATION.

CAN YOU GO A LITTLE MORE INTO SUPER ELEVATION? I'VE BEEN TO LIKE THE DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY.

THEY HAVE THE GRADE THERE, YOU KNOW, 30% GRADE WHERE THEY GO 180 MILES AN HOUR.

IT'S SOMETHING LIKE TO ADD A GRADE TO THE ROAD, CORRECT? YEAH. SO THAT'S THE EXACT EXAMPLE THAT I WOULD HAVE USED.

YOU TOOK THE WORDS RIGHT OUT OF MY MOUTH.

SO THAT'S A VERY EXAGGERATED SITUATION.

OBVIOUSLY, YOU DON'T SEE THAT ON A LOCAL ROAD.

BUT YEAH, WHAT YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY DOING IS TAKING YOUR PAVEMENT.

SO IT'S PRETTY FLAT TODAY.

YOU WOULD TAKE IT AND RAISE IT JUST A LITTLE BIT ACROSS THAT PROFILE.

SO YOUR OUTSIDE EDGE IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN YOUR INSIDE EDGE, SO THAT WHEN THAT CAR TRAVELS, YOU DON'T HAVE THAT FORCE ESSENTIALLY PULLING YOU TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE ROADWAY.

SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO GOING AROUND DEPENDING ON THE DIRECTION OF THE CURVE.

IN THIS CASE, IF YOU'RE GOING KIND OF NORTHBOUND, YOU'D BANK IT A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THE INSIDE.

AND THEN IF YOU'RE COMING SOUTHBOUND, YOU DO YOU BANK IT MORE TO THE OUTSIDE.

PERFECT. THANK YOU. AND BASICALLY, MY QUESTION TO STAFF, IF WE WERE GOING TO REDO THIS ROAD ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW, LET'S CALL IT FIVE YEARS NOW, TRYING TO PUT A TIMELINE ON IT, BUT WILL THAT SUPER ELEVATION TAKE PLACE WHEN THIS ROAD IS REPAVED? I THINK IT'S ABSOLUTELY WORTH INCLUDING IT.

IT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE KIND OF THING JUST LIKE WE DID WITH RECENTLY ADDING SOME TURN TURN LANES IN THE NORTHWEST SECTION.

SO WE'D FUND IT DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A ROADWAY IMPROVEMENT VERSUS A ROAD BOND FUNDING.

BUT EASILY WE COULD DO SOME SOME OTHER FUNDING SOURCE TO GET THAT ADDED TO THE PROJECT, AND I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

HERE. THANK YOU, MARY. GREAT JOB.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I DON'T HAVE MUCH OF A QUESTION, BUT COMMENTS.

I TRAVEL THAT CURVE EVERY DAY, SOMETIMES THREE OR FOUR TIMES A DAY.

SO I LIVE OUT THERE.

SO DID I SAY ANYTHING INCORRECT THEN, I GUESS IS WHAT? ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY.

I MUST SAY THAT I STAY WITHIN THE SPEED LIMIT.

I UNDERSTAND THE POINT.

THAT'S FOR THE RECORD. BUT IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE YOU TOUCH ON THE ILLUMINATION OR THE LACK OF LIGHT OUT THERE.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT'S.

THE LAST TWO YEARS I'VE BEEN ON THE SCIENCE.

I'VE BEEN TALKING. A TRUE TESTAMENT OF WHAT? WHAT'S OUT THERE? BECAUSE NOT ONLY.

I GOT PULLED OVER FOR A REASON.

AND CHIEF IS NOT HERE.

IT'S BEEN A FEW. IT'S BEEN A FEW MONTHS.

BUT PART OF THE PROBLEM IS, IS BECAUSE OF THE POOR ELIMINATION.

MY MY CAR, WE HAVE IT'S AUTOMATIC AS WHENEVER.

WHEREVER THERE'S POOR ELIMINATION.

MY. MY HIRING GOES UP AUTOMATICALLY.

YEAH. SO THE OFFICER THOUGHT THAT I FLASHED THEM.

OH, THAT WAS A VERY REASON.

AND IT WAS A VERY CORDIAL CONVERSATION WE HAD.

WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET EACH OTHER.

WE DIDN'T KNOW. WE DIDN'T KNOW EACH OTHER.

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BUT. BUT IT WAS GREAT.

IT WAS GREAT. AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR.

THAT'S EXACTLY. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S IMPORTANT.

THAT'S IMPORTANT. IT'S REALLY THERE'S A DIRECT RELATION WITH SAFETY WHEN THERE'S POOR ELIMINATION AS A DIRECT.

I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.

I'M SURE OUR CITY MANAGER IS TAKING NOTE, SO I'D LOVE TO ALSO US TO PUT EMPHASIS ON CONSIDERING THE CONSIDERATION TO GO BACK TO 30, 30 MILES AN HOUR ALONG THAT WHOLE WHOLE.

I MEAN, THAT'S JUST WHAT I WANTED TO ADD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT.

REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK.

AND NOW WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER.

OKAY, SO, MASTER CHIEF BATTEN.

BILL BATON 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.

AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, I WAS CHALLENGED ON NOT ADDRESSING THE COST OF ITEMS, SO I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE I GET THAT IN.

FROM NOW ON.

SO THE FIRST QUESTION ON THIS ONE IS WHAT WAS THE COST OF THIS AUDIT TO DO THE ROAD STUDY? THAT WAS THE FIRST QUESTION.

ITEM NUMBER TWO IS BROUGHT OUT DURING THE PRESENTATION THAT THE PREVIOUS SPEED LIMIT WAS 30 MILES PER HOUR.

AND THEN IN THE RECOMMENDATION THEY HAD THE SPEED LIMIT GOING THROUGH THE CURVE, LOWERED BACK DOWN TO THE 30 VERSUS THE 40 MILES PER HOUR.

AND AS COUNCILMAN FELIX JUST BROUGHT UP, WHICH IS EXACTLY GOING TO BE MY CRITERIA SINCE THE ENTIRE ROAD ORIGINALLY WHEN BAYSIDE LAKES WAS BUILT, WHICH IS MORE THAN TEN YEARS AGO, THAT THE SPEED LIMIT WAS TEN MILES, WAS 30 MILES PER HOUR, THE ENTIRE ROAD.

SO MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THAT WE GO BACK AND LOOK AT MAKING THE 30 MILES AN HOUR.

I KNOW IT UPSETS PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY'RE IN A HURRY, BUT THAT'S WHAT'S CAUSING THE ACCIDENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THE HURRY.

SO LET'S SAY, OKAY, WELL, LET'S PUT IT BACK DOWN TO 30.

THOSE PEOPLE THAT STILL WANT TO DO THE 40 AND 45.

WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER SITTING OUT THERE AND THEY JUST SET UP THE RADAR GUN AND JUST HAVE THEM PULLING OFF THE ROAD OUT OF TRAFFIC AND GIVE THEM THE TICKETS. THAT DOES TWO THINGS.

ONE, THEY KNOW THEY'RE BEING THEY'RE GOING TO GET PULLED OVER.

TWO, IT GENERATES SOME FUNDING COMING BACK INTO THE CITY, WHICH COINCIDES FOR PAYING FOR THE AUDIT.

SO WE MAKE UP THE IS A ROUNDABOUT SUSTAINING ENERGY SOURCE.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY, UNDER TICKETS, THE CITY OF PALM BAY ONLY GETS A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF EVERY TICKET EVER WRITTEN.

IT DOESN'T THE CITY DOES NOT BENEFIT FROM THE TICKETS OF SPEEDING COURTS AND ALL THE OTHER GET ALL THE MONEY, BUT IT'S A GOOD IDEA.

A LITTLE BIT IS BETTER THAN NONE, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE HAD TO PAY FOR THE AUDIT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

HEY, WE ARE NOW ON PUBLIC COMMENTS.

[PUBLIC COMMENTS/RESPONSES (Part 1 of 2)]

I WAS BY ROBERT STICE AND MS..

ISABELLE. RIGHT. SILVERTON 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST. AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, I ADDRESSED THE STORMWATER UTILITY FEE.

I TALKED ABOUT THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT DON'T THAT RECEIVE A WAIVER AND DON'T HAVE TO PAY THEIR PORTION OF THIS FEE.

AT THAT PORTION, IT HAS TO BE PICKED UP OFF THE BACK OF EVERYBODY ELSE.

WE HAVE TO TAKE UP THEIR SLACK.

WHEN I MADE THAT STATEMENT, I WAS CHALLENGED BY ONE OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS AS TO NOT KNOWING WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.

I LOOKED AT THIS AS A QUESTIONING OF MY INTEGRITY.

MY DATA CAME RIGHT OUT OF THE CITY'S REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.

AGENDA PACKAGE.

PAGE 910 UNDER SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY, WHICH STATED THAT PRIVATE AND CHARTER SCHOOLS COULD BE CHARGED THE FEE.

I TRIED TO TALK WITH THIS PERSON, BUT THEY WOULD NOT RETURN MY CALL.

SO I'M ADDRESSING IT HERE IN THE PUBLIC.

I REALLY DO TRY AND DO MY HOMEWORK.

I WORK TO BE KNOWLEDGEABLE BEFORE I ADDRESS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL BOTHERED ME MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE WAS.

THIS WAS AN EDUCATOR THAT MADE THE STATEMENTS.

I DO MY HOMEWORK.

THEY DID NOT.

THANK YOU. BUT STICE.

DAVE ROBERTS, SIZE 1790 615.

THANK YOU ALL. WE'VE BEEN HITTING THIS HARD.

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AND MR..

YOU HIT IT RIGHT ON THE HEAD.

YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO SAVE A LIFE.

AND AS YOU GO FROM THE INITIAL MODIFICATIONS OF IT TO GO AFTER THE LOW HANGING FRUIT AS IT WAS, IT WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE SAFETY AND CAN'T PUT A PRICE ON LIFE.

I HEAR. SO IT JUST IT JUST BREAKS MY HEART.

YOU KNOW, TO ME, A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IS A.

IS PREVENTABLE. NOW, THE ONLY DISAGREEMENT I WOULD HAVE IS WHEN FRANK WATANABE AND I WENT OUT THERE ABOUT TWO SUMMERS AGO, THE SPEED LIMIT WAS AVERAGING ABOUT 50.

IT DEPENDS IF PEOPLE ARE SEEING YOU OUT THERE WITH CAMERAS.

TYPICALLY, THEY'RE GOING TO SLOW DOWN.

BUT ANYWAY, WHAT WE SEE AS WELL IS THAT TYPICALLY IT MIGHT BE UP TO 50%.

THEY HAVE ONE HAND ON THE WHEEL AND THE OTHER HAND IS ON THEIR CELL PHONE AND THE CELL PHONES IN FRONT OF THEM.

AND I THINK YOU JUST ADD TO SPEED AND WET ROADS TO THAT.

DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM? I REMEMBER MY DAD TELLING ME WHEN IT RAINS, YOU KNOW, SLOW DOWN BECAUSE OIL IS GOING TO RISE TO THE SURFACE.

A COUPLE OF THINGS IF YOU CAN.

I HAD SOMEBODY ASKED ME IN MY HOA MEETING JUST THE OTHER DAY.

AND AGAIN, SUZANNE, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE.

BUT CAN WE PUT A COUPLE OF SIGNS THERE THAT SAYS, NO, NO U-TURN.

THAT JUST EXACERBATED EXACERBATES THE TRAFFIC IN THERE.

AND I APPRECIATE THE GENTLEMAN AS I'M TRYING TO GET INTO THE 3 MINUTES WHO DID THE STUDY.

I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT.

AND AGAIN, I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH TO LOOK AT THIS AND GIVE IT ATTENTION, BECAUSE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT GOING ON, IT'S JUST GOING TO ENHANCE THAT.

THE ISSUES OF POLLUTION, TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, ETC..

BUT AS YOU HAVE DEVELOPERS COMING BEFORE YOU AND WE HAVE 800 HOMES HERE AND 500 HERE AND 250 HERE, I THINK IT WOULD BE A REAL GOOD IDEA TO HAVE A CONSULTANT LIKE THE GENTLEMAN WHO CAME UP AND SPOKE TO LOOK AT HOW THIS IS GOING TO HOW IT'S GOING TO MAINTAIN TRAFFIC FLOW.

MAYBE THAT 800 HOUSE HOME DEVELOPMENT DOESN'T BELONG HERE.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? IF YOU PUT IT OVER HERE, IT'LL FACILITATE TRAFFIC MOVEMENT AND AND REDUCE GRIDLOCK.

SO I WOULD ASK YOU TO CONSIDER THAT GOING FORWARD.

WE'RE ALL LEARNING HERE.

AND, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS I HOPE WE'RE AT THE POINT FINALLY TO AS WE GET UP TO SPEED WITH THE NUMBER PLATES THAT WE HAVE, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET SOMEBODY OUT THERE AND WRITE TICKETS BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT IT AFFECTS PEOPLE'S POCKETBOOK AND THAT WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO GET OUT.

SO, AGAIN, I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH.

I'M GOING TO KEEP ON TOP OF THIS AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE HARD WORK THAT EVERYBODY DOES.

I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

AND MRS. STICE, THIS COUNCIL THANKS YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.

YOU TOOK IT UPON YOURSELF.

YOU RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAD AN ISSUE THERE AND.

AND YOU WANTED TO PROTECT LIFE.

SO THANK YOU.

SEE ISABEL, RIGHT? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

COUNCIL SUZANNE.

I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT THREE THREE KINGS DAY.

IT'S JANUARY 7TH AT MY CHURCH IS OUR CELEBRATION FOR CHRISTMAS FOR THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY.

I HAVE REACHED OUT TO SUZANNE AND WE'RE HUNTING DOWN THIS $10,000 GRANT THAT NOBODY SEEMED TO KNOW WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT, BUT THE GRANT WAS ACTUALLY GIVEN BY THE COUNTY TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY FOR CULTURAL EVENTS.

I UNDERSTAND THAT A LOT OF THAT FUNDING WILL BE GOING TO THE MULTICULTURAL EVENT THAT YOU'RE HAVING ON THE 28TH OF JANUARY, WHICH, BY THE WAY, I'M VERY HAPPY TO SAY THAT THE FLORIDA HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING THE THE BOLLYWOOD DANCERS AND THE INDIAN LION PRODUCTION COMING TO PALM BAY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY.

SO IT IS OUR ORGANIZATION THAT BROUGHT THAT FORWARD.

I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTOOD THAT BECAUSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR YOU GUYS TO UNDERSTAND THAT MINORITIES NEED TO BE REPRESENTED, NOT ONLY HISPANICS, BUT THE INDIAN COMMUNITY AND THE ASIAN.

SO I'M HERE TODAY TO FIND OUT IF THERE'S ANY FUNDING LEFT IN THOSE $10,000 TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST US WITH THE THREE KINGS DAY EVENT.

I DON'T KNOW WHY WE NEED TO SPEAK TO BECAUSE THAT MONEY SEEMS TO BE, I DON'T KNOW, PARKS OR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT MONEY WENT TO.

BUT IF YOU GUYS CAN PLEASE GUIDE ME IN THAT DIRECTION TO SEE IF I CAN TAP INTO SOME OF THAT MONEY SO THAT WE CAN HELP HISPANIC KIDS CELEBRATE THREE KINGS DAY IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY. I HAVE A FEW MINUTES LEFT, SO I WANT TO THANK BRIAN.

RIGHT. BECAUSE HE WAS VERY KIND TONIGHT AND HE WAS ABLE TO CHANGE THE WEBSITE.

THE WEBSITE HAD CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATION ON THERE FOR MANY YEARS.

AND I WAS VERY BLESSED THAT HE WAS ABLE TO FIX IT ON SPOT.

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AND THAT IS ABSOLUTELY WRONG BECAUSE YOU CANNOT DICTATE TO A CHILD WHAT THEIR PARENTS WANT OR NOT WANT.

SO I WAS HAPPY THAT HE WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THAT.

WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO REMOVE THAT FOR EIGHT MONTHS NOW.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND I ALSO WANTED TO BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION.

THE OTHER NIGHT WE HAD A SITUATION IN PINEWOOD APARTMENTS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE REACHED OUT TO US.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS ARE AWARE THAT I RUN A NONPROFIT FOR THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, BUT I ALSO RUN A CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION, AND WE DO A LOT OF CIVIL RIGHTS WORK IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND I WAS CONTACTED BY SEVERAL PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT SIGN UP FOR THE NOTIFICATIONS FROM THE PALM BAY POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THE LINK WAS BROKEN.

BUT I ALSO WAS ABLE TO SECURE THAT AND FIX IT.

SO I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO HIM FOR THAT.

AND I WANTED TO ALSO SAY THAT WE SUPPORT OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND WE THANK THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE.

AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AND THAT OUR OFFICERS ARE PROTECTED AND EVERYBODY MAKES SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS DONE THE RIGHT WAY TO PROTECT OUR OFFICERS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO, MADAM CHAIRMAN, ARE THERE OTHER SPEAKERS? SO, MADAM SHERMAN, SHE SPEAKS OF, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, IS A TDC CULTURAL GRANT THAT THE CITY APPLIED FOR THAT GRANT.

YES. AND FRED, ARE YOU DO YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION YOU COULD SHARE THIS EVENING? BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THAT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

AND WELL, FRED, POPPY, YOUR RECREATION DIRECTOR IS COMING UP JUST TO ANSWER A PREVIOUS QUESTION, THE COST OF THE BAYSIDE LAKES CURVE AUDIT WAS 23,000.

THE TDC GRANT THE CITY APPLIED FOR, AND IT WAS SPECIFICALLY FOR EVENTS THAT WE DO, AND IT'S A REIMBURSABLE GRANT.

SO SO IT'S MONEY THAT WE HAVE TO EXPEND OUT OF OUR BUDGET AND THEN WE'RE REIMBURSED UP TO THE 10,000.

AND THOSE PARTICULAR EVENTS HAVE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO VERIFY TOURISM TO A CERTAIN LEVEL TO EVEN BE ELIGIBLE FOR THOSE.

SO WE HAVE TO MEET ALL THOSE REQUIREMENTS IN ORDER TO GET THAT REIMBURSEMENT.

I HOPE THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXPLANATION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. POPPY. IS THAT ALL FOR? BUT. BUT WERE ALL THE FUNDS EXPENDED? NO, IT'S REIMBURSABLE, IS WHAT HE SAID.

OKAY. YOU UNDERSTAND? YEAH. I FELT OKAY. YOU HAVE TO.

YOU HAVE TO EXPEND THE FINANCES FIRST TO GET REIMBURSED.

OKAY. SO IT'S NOT LIKE THEY DON'T GIVE A CHECK.

RIGHT. OKAY. SO WHATEVER EVENT THE CITY CITY PUT IN FOR THE GRANT, SO THE CITY WILL APPARENTLY PUT IN FOR A GRANT TO BE REIMBURSED FOR WHAT? WHAT WAS PAID.

AND IT'S BASED ON, YOU KNOW, HEADS AND BEDS.

THAT'S THE MISSION OF THE TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.

GOT IT. SO WE HAVE NO NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKER GUARDS.

SO SO NOW BEFORE PUBLIC HEARINGS, GENTLEMEN, WE VOTED TO PUT NEW BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER TWO.

[NEW BUSINESS (Part 1 of 2)]

SO, MISS SHERMAN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MARY.

THIS IS THE CONSIDERATION OF A CO SPONSORSHIP REQUEST FROM THE INDIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE SPACE COAST AND THE FLORIDA HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR THE FIRST ANNUAL PALM BAY INDIAN KITE FESTIVAL TO BE HELD ON JANUARY 22ND, 2023.

STAFF HAS EVALUATED THE APPLICATION.

THE ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED ARE NOT FOR PROFIT.

THE EVENT WILL PROMOTE THE CITY AS A DESIRABLE PLACE TO LIVE, VISIT AND DO BUSINESS.

IT WILL ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND WELL-BEING OF SOME OR ALL RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY AND WILL CONTINUE TO ADVANCE THE CITY OF PALM BAY'S COMMITMENT TO AND PRIDE IN BEING A MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY, WHICH ALL ASPECTS OF OUR CO SPONSORSHIP POLICY.

SO IT DOES MEET ALL OF THAT CRITERIA.

THE EVENT IS EXPECTED TO ATTRACT MORE THAN 200 ATTENDEES, POSSIBLY EVEN MORE, AS THE TEAM WORKS HARD TO GET THE WORD OUT.

AND THE TOTAL COST TO THE CITY IS ESTIMATED TO BE A COST OF $2,465 FOR IN-KIND WAGES FOR STAFF, AND ALSO FEE WAIVERS FOR SOME OF THE USE OF THE LOCATION AT THE PARK.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT STAFF DOES REPORT THIS REQUEST.

SUPPORTS THIS REQUEST. EXCUSE ME.

THANK YOU, MA'AM. DEPUTY MAYORS, ARE THERE ANY SPEAKER CARDS FOR THIS ITEM? MAYOR. HEY, COUNSEL.

WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? SO WE'VE GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECOND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FELIX.

ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCILMAN JOHNSON? I'LL BE OUT THERE FLYING A KITE WITH MY LITTLE MAN, TOO.

SO WE'LL BE OUT THERE TOGETHER, SO.

AND LET'S MAKE SURE WE SUPPORT THIS ALL.

MAYOR, YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT SOME OF THESE EVENTS.

ANYTHING THAT BRING ACTUALLY, ONE OF MY MY ITEM THAT I RAN ON IS DIVERSITY AND COURAGE DESERVE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION.

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AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES AMERICA GREAT, RIGHT? IT'S A DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AND WHERE WE HONOR OTHERS.

AND IF WE'RE ALL THE SAME, IT WOULDN'T BE AS FUN OR AS BEAUTIFUL.

I BELIEVE IN THAT.

AND I WOULD DEFINITELY SUPPORT LIKE COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.

I WILL BE OUT THERE FLYING A KITE AS WELL.

SO IF I TELL YOU BOTH TO FLY A KITE, I KNOW WHERE YOU'LL BE.

YES, SIR. MADAM SHERMAN, WHEN YOU SAID THAT COST.

THIS IS MORE IN-KIND SERVICES, RIGHT? THE STAGE? YES.

AND. AND TO BE CLEAR, OUR SPONSORSHIP POLICY ONLY ALLOWS US TO DO A WAIVERS OF FEES AND STAFF COSTS.

WE NEVER PROVIDE CASH TO THESE.

THANK YOU. I WANTED TO JUST HIGHLIGHT THAT.

COUNCILMAN FOSTER.

COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO.

OKAY. I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON AND SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.

ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I ANY OPPOSE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

CONGRATULATIONS, MA'AM.

WE ARE NOW ON.

[PUBLIC HEARINGS]

MR. EDWARDS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. ORDINANCE 2020 2-1 28.

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA VACATING AND ABANDONING A PORTION OF THE REAR 20 FOOT PUBLIC UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT LOCATED WITHIN LAT TEN.

BLOCK 2065 PORT MALABAR UNIT 46, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF.

AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 22, PAGE 70 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU, MR. EDWARDS.

I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THE APPLICANT TO PRESENT THEIR CASE.

THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. LADIES.

I'M NEW IN PALM BAY.

I CAME HERE FROM TUCSON, ARIZONA.

WELCOME TO PALM BAY.

THANK YOU. FROM THE HEAT TO THE HUMIDITY.

FROM THE OVEN. YEAH.

I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED.

I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET A SHED IN MY BACKYARD SINCE THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST.

I HAVE PAPERWORK HERE JUST TO GET A SHED IN MY BACKYARD.

I WENT THROUGH, HOPEFULLY ALL THE PROPER PROCEDURES.

I HAD TO GET LETTERS FROM ALL THESE COMPANIES THAT HAVE CONTROL OVER THE EASEMENT.

AND AND THEN AFTER THAT, YOU HAVE TO GET PERMISSION FROM YOUR NEIGHBORS TO DO THIS.

IT'S JUST A LONG, DRAWN OUT AFFAIR THAT I'VE ALREADY SPENT $500 FOR.

AND I STILL DON'T HAVE A SHED IN MY BACKYARD.

THEY TOLD ME THAT BECAUSE OF THE WATER BEHIND YOUR HOUSE, YOU HAVE TO COME UP 25 FEET FROM YOUR BACK PROPERTY LINE IN ORDER TO PUT IT.

WELL, THAT WOULD PUT IT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF MY BACKYARD.

SO I APPLY FOR AN EASEMENT WHERE I CAN GET IT TEN FEET FROM THE BACK OF MY PROPERTY.

AND THAT'S HOPEFULLY I'VE DONE ALL THE PROPER STUFF TO GET THIS DONE.

SO THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR.

THANK YOU, SIR. THIS COUNSEL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, SIR. YOU'VE PRESENTED YOUR CASE AND YOU'VE DONE YOUR DUE DILIGENCE.

AND JUST SO THAT YOU KNOW, YOUR STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS.

NOW, LET ME ASK YOU ONE QUICK QUESTION, IF I MAY.

THE PUBLIC WORKS TOLD ME I HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS TWICE.

IS THAT A CORRECT STATEMENT? THERE'S TWO READINGS.

SO WE'LL WHATEVER HAPPENS TODAY, THEN WE'LL YOU'LL COME BACK.

BUT I THINK THERE ARE TWO READINGS.

SO I THE NEXT THURSDAY MEETING, I HAVE TO COME BACK FOR THAT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT MEETING IT'LL BE, BUT.

YES. OKAY.

JANUARY 5TH. JANUARY 1ST INTERVIEW.

THE FIRST THURSDAY IN JANUARY 1ST.

THURSDAY IN JANUARY.

YEAH, WELL, WE HAVE TO GET THERE FIRST.

WE HAVE TO APPROVE THIS FIRST.

OKAY. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, SIR.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WE'RE GOOD, THEN. YES, SIR.

WELL, LET ME FIND OUT IF WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS.

OKAY. ANY SPEAKERS REGARDING THIS ITEM? NO, SIR. ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A MOTION SO MOVED A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECOND BY.

COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO.

COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.

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I'LL SEE YOU JANUARY 5TH.

ALL RIGHT, SIR.

SIR. WE ARE NOW ON CONSENT.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

SIX. AND.

AND 14.

OKAY, JUST TO RECAP, I'VE GOT FOUR, FIVE, SIX, TEN AND 15, 14, 14.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR.

COUNSEL WISH TO ITEM ITEM NINE.

ITEM NUMBER NINE.

AND WAS MOVED TO NEW BUSINESS.

NONE WAS MOVED TO. YEAH THAT WAS I'M LOOKING AT ON LINE AGENDAS.

YEAH. ITEM WAS NINE AND THAT WAS A MISTAKE.

IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN. DO BUSINESS WITH YOU, SIR.

SO AGAIN, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, TEN AND 14.

CORRECT. ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL.

I NEED MOTION. SO MOVE.

SECOND ON A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON SINGING BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX ALL IN FAVOR OF SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I ANY OPPOSE.

WE ARE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

[4. Contract: Design of intersection improvements and signal, Emerson Drive and St. Johns Heritage Parkway – Task Order 14 – Public Works Department (Consor Engineers, LLC - $206,962); and approve the use of Transportation Impact Fees.]

CARRY ON, RODNEY OR MR. EDWARDS. RESOLUTION 22, DASH 65.

RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA.

ADOPTING THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT GUIDANCE MANUAL PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE.

THANK YOU, SIR. WE ARE NOW AN ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

DEPUTY MAYOR.

BILL BATON 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.

LAST COUNCIL MEETING, I WAS QUESTIONED ON NOT QUESTIONING MONEY, FINANCIALS, EXPENDITURES WITHIN THE CITY.

SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO CORRECT THAT DEFICIENCY NOW.

I. WITH TASK ORDER NUMBER 14.

I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT THE FAIR SHARE OF THE DEVELOPERS IS GOING TO BE IF WE HAPPEN TO KNOW THAT AMOUNT, BECAUSE THIS PORTION WAS $207,000.

THE NEXT QUESTION OUT OF THAT ONE WAS, IS THE $207,000, IS THAT JUST FOR THE PLANNING PURPOSES OR IS THAT ALSO THE CONSTRUCTION PRICE OF THE.

TURN SIGNAL. HUH? THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON THIS ONE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

THANK YOU, MARY. THIS IS THE CAUSE ONLY FOR PLANNING.

AND THE PROPORTION OF FAIR SHARE CALCULATIONS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS WE'LL BE WORKING ON IN THE NEW YEAR.

A LOT OF THOSE NUMBERS WILL BE BASED ON WHAT THE OUTCOME OF OUR NORTHWEST TRAFFIC STUDY WILL SHOW.

THANK YOU, MA'AM. NEXT SPEAKER, MR. WHITE.

NATHAN WHITE, 1301 SEABURY STREET, SOUTHWEST VERY EXCITED TO SEE STEPS BEING TAKEN FOR THE NAME OF SAINT JOHN HERITAGE.

IF PIECE BY PIECE, THE TWO QUESTIONS I HAD CONCERNING IT WERE THE THIS WOULD ONLY BE WIDENING A SMALL PORTION OF IT FOR THE SAKE OF A TURN LANE AND ALSO THE ADDITION OF A TRAFFIC SIGNAL.

I WAS WONDERING THE IMPACT THAT OR THE EFFECT THAT THAT WOULD HAVE ON THE FUTURE WIDENING OF THE ENTIRE OF THE ENTIRE PARKWAY, ESPECIALLY WITH REGARDS TO.

WELL, I WOULD HAVE TO ASSUME, ALTHOUGH I DON'T KNOW, THAT THE WIDENING WOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM, IF ANYTHING, IT WOULD JUST BE A LITTLE BIT WIDER ALREADY.

BUT THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL, WOULD THAT BE STILL ALL THAT IT NEEDS TO BE ONCE THE ROAD IS FULLY WIDENED, OR WOULD IT NEED TO BE ALTERED FURTHER AFTERWARDS IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THAT? JUST MAKING SURE WE DON'T DOUBLE DO THE WORK, I SUPPOSE.

AND WHY CAN I SUGGEST YOU STAY UP FRONT THAT WAY? MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER.

I'M SORRY. JUST STAY CLOSER.

OH, FOR ITEMS. OH. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU HAVE OTHER OTHER ITEMS ON CONSENT.

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YES. I THINK THE ANSWER YOU RE LOOKING FOR IS THE.

THE MAST ARM SIGNAL WILL BE PLACED IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE WON'T HAVE TO DO THAT AGAIN IN THE FUTURE WHEN WE WIDEN THE ROADWAY.

SO, YES, THAT IS THE PLAN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MISS SHERMAN.

I NEED A MOTION. SO MOVE.

SO I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.

ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I.

I. ANY OPPOSE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

WE ARE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE, MR.

[5. Contract: Northwest and southeast traffic studies, pre and post analysis – Task Order 8, Amendment 1; and Task Order 9, Amendment 1 – Public Works Department (Consor Engineers, LLC - $66,478); and approve the use of Transportation Impact Fees]

FIRST CONSENSUS WAS FOR THE NORTHEAST, NORTH, WEST AND THE SOUTHEAST.

UM. EXPANSION OF THE CITY.

MY QUESTION IS, IS THIS GOING TO THE CHANGES IN THE STUDY GOING TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS IT STANDS NOW AS TO THE ROAD RATING FOR OUR LOAD, FOR DETERMINING OUR ROAD FACTOR, FOR TRANSPORTATION, FOR THE.

NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED VEHICLES.

THAT'S QUESTION NUMBER ONE.

QUESTION NUMBER TWO, SINCE WE'VE ALREADY SPENT $66,000 ON THIS OR WHAT WE'RE PROVING, WILL EVENTUALLY THE SOUTHWEST ALSO BE ADDED INTO? SIMILAR TYPE OF STUDY BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MASSIVE GROWTH OUT THERE ALSO, ESPECIALLY IF THE ST JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY EVER GETS COMPLETED IN THAT AREA. AND WILL THAT BE DONE BEFORE THE NEXT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMES INTO PLAY? BECAUSE WE SHOULD START THE NEXT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN STARTING IN APPROXIMATELY FIVE YEARS.

SO I WAS WONDERING, WE HAVE THE STUDY FOR THE SOUTHWEST DONE BEFORE THE NEW COMP PLAN GETS GENERATED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRMAN.

I THINK YOU, MAYOR. SO THE ROADWAY CLASSIFICATIONS THAT WILL COME OUT OF THE TRAFFIC STUDIES WOULD ULTIMATELY BE INCORPORATED INTO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

SO THAT THAT IS YES, THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AS WE SPEAK.

INTERESTING QUESTION ABOUT THE SOUTHWEST AREA.

SO WE OUR INTENTION IS THAT THESE TWO STUDIES WE'RE DOING ARE THE FIRST OF SEVERAL THAT WE'LL BE DOING TO LOOK AT THE ENTIRE CITY AND THE TRAFFIC NEEDS AND AND DEVELOPMENT, ETC., ETC..

I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN GIVE YOU A SET TIME AT THIS MOMENT AS TO WHEN WE MIGHT LOOK AT THE SOUTHWEST AREA, BUT CERTAINLY THAT WILL BE ON OUR RADAR.

BUT I COULDN'T COMMIT TO A TIME AT THIS MOMENT.

THANK YOU, MA'AM. ANY OTHER SPEAKERS.

NUMBER FIVE. WE'RE FINE.

OKAY. I NEED A MOTION, GENTLEMEN.

SO MOVED. SECOND MOTION BY DEB OR COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.

ANY DISCUSSION? GENTLEMEN. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I ANY OPPOSE.

THIS WAS UNANIMOUSLY ITEM NUMBER SIX.

[6. Miscellaneous: Consideration of reallocating existing capital funds to procure two (2) Ford 150 Super Cabs ($74,541) (State of Florida DMS contract), additional funds for two (2) Zero Turn Mowers ($2,269) (Sourcewell contract), and allocating General Fund Operating Account funds to purchase one (1) F550 Flatbed Dump Truck ($19,000) (State of Florida DMS contract).]

THIS IS A REAL SIMPLE QUESTION AND IT GOES TO TO ADDRESS COUNCIL.

IF YOU WOULD HAVE KNOWN WHAT THE COST WAS GOING TO BE WHEN IT WAS FIRST PRESENTED, WOULD YOU HAVE APPROVED IT AT THAT TIME? BECAUSE THIS IS A MASSIVE PRICE INCREASE, A PRICE INCREASE COMPARED TO WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL? I'M JUST SAYING, BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT ONE BUDGET NOW, WE'RE COMING UP ON ANOTHER BUDGET.

AND WOULD YOU HAVE APPROVED THESE KNOWING WHAT THE COST ACTUALLY WAS GOING TO BE? THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

NATHAN WHITE. NATHAN WHITE 1301 SEABURY STREET SOUTHWEST.

MY PRIMARY QUESTION COMES FROM THE TIMING.

THE TIMING OF THIS.

THIS ITEM AS PART OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 BUDGET SUBMITTAL IN MAY, STAFF INCLUDED THE CAPITAL PURCHASE OF THE TRACTOR AND THE BUSH HOG TO AS REPLACEMENTS. AND THEN IN JUNE, JUNE 2ND.

CITY COUNCIL APPROVED USING FISCAL YEAR 2022 STORMWATER FUNDS TO PURCHASE THOSE ITEMS. OR THE THE BUSH.

THE BUSH IS AT LEAST.

SO I'M JUST CONFUSED.

IT'S ONE MONTH OR LESS THAN ONE FULL MONTH.

MAY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WE'RE USING THESE FUNDS TO DO IT, ACTUALLY, LET'S USE THESE OTHER FUNDS TO DO IT, AND THEN COMING BACK TO IT SIX MONTHS LATER TO REUSE THE ALREADY APPROVED FUNDS FOR SOMETHING ELSE.

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BUT I'M JUST WONDERING WHERE THE DISCONNECT WAS, I SUPPOSE, FOR THAT CHANGE TO OCCUR USING ONE FISCAL YEAR'S BUDGET FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER FISCAL YEAR'S BUDGET IN ANOTHER LOCATION WITHIN LESS THAN A MONTH FOR THIS EXPENDITURE.

THANK YOU. MADAM SHERMAN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM.

THANK YOU. YES.

SO THE TWO DIFFERENT QUESTIONS.

SO I'LL ANSWER THE PRICE INCREASE.

QUESTIONS TO. SO THERE'S THREE SEPARATE ITEMS IN THIS AGENDA MEMO.

ONE IS RELATED TO THE QUESTION THAT WAS JUST ASKED WITH REGARD TO FUNDS THAT ARE BUDGETED FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF EQUIPMENT IN THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, A TRACTOR AND A BUSH HOG.

THEY WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO BUY IN THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR.

HOWEVER, DUE TO AN OVERSIGHT, WE DID NOT CORRECT THE BUDGET CAPITAL ITEMS. THOSE REMAINED FUNDED.

NOW FUNDING IS ALLOCATED, IS ALLOCATED TO THE BUDGET BUT NEEDS TO BE PUT TOWARD SOMETHING ELSE ON OUR CAPITAL LIST.

SO THAT'S THAT'S A PURPOSE OF THAT CHANGE.

SO WE ARE WITHIN BUDGET ON THOSE ITEMS. THE ZERO TURN MOWERS WHICH WERE BUDGETED CAME IN ABOUT $2,200 ABOVE WHAT WAS BUDGETED.

SO THAT IS A REQUEST TO USE EXISTING DOLLARS IN ONE OF THE OPERATING ACCOUNTS TO COVER THAT SLIGHT OVERAGE ON THE ZERO TURN MOWERS.

AND THEN THE LAST ITEM, WHICH I BELIEVE WAS MR. BARTON'S QUESTION PERHAPS, IS THERE'S A FLATBED DUMP TRUCK THAT WE QUOTED BACK IN, I THINK IN MAY AS WELL, AND THAT'S USUALLY WHEN WE DO OUR CAPITAL QUOTES. AND UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS $57,347 THEN AND AT THE PRICE HAS GONE UP $19,000, WHICH WAS QUITE TREMENDOUS. SO STAFF IS ASKING TO TAKE SMALL TRANSFERS OUT OF SOME EXISTING OPERATING ACCOUNTS TO COVER THAT OVERAGE.

SO WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY NEW FUNDING IN THE BUDGET AT THIS TIME.

WE'RE SIMPLY MOVING THINGS AROUND WITHIN THE EXISTING BUDGET.

THANK YOU, MA'AM. AND ALSO.

THE MOST. SECOND, A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN OR DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX COUNCILMAN.

I'LL BE BRIEF, MAYOR.

JUST TO COMMENT TO MR. BATTEN, I'VE BEEN OUT TO PUBLIC WORKS AND I'VE SEEN A LOT OF THEIR VEHICLES.

WE TALK ABOUT OUR POLICE VEHICLES, THE PUBLIC WORKS VEHICLES.

THEY'RE WORKING WITH WHAT THEY HAVE.

SO EVEN WITH THIS PRICE INCREASE, IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN SO THAT WAY THEY CAN BETTER SERVE OUR CITY.

YOU KNOW, FLOWING OF THE WATER DURING NOT JUST HURRICANES, BUT STORMS IN GENERAL.

SO THIS THIS NEEDED TO BE DONE.

SO I SUPPORT IT.

I SUPPORTED IT THEN. I SUPPORT IT NOW, SIR.

THAT'S ALL. MAYOR.

ANYTHING TO ADD? NO, NO, NO.

OKAY. I'VE GOT A MOTION BY DEP OR COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.

I'M GOING TO CALL THE QUESTION.

ALL IN FAVOR. SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I ANY OPPOSE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

WE ARE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER TEN.

[10. Consideration of a Commercial Property Enhancement Program Grant Agreement with Rooney's Inc. for grant funds to improve commercial property located at 2641 Palm Bay Road NE ($10,000).]

THAT'S THAT'S GREAT. AND WE'RE USING TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO DO IT.

I EVEN UNDERSTAND THAT.

MY QUESTION WAS MAYBE SOME EVEN SOME OF THE OTHER THAN THE PRIMARY.

HIGH VISIBILITY BUSINESSES SHOULD BENEFIT FROM THIS CAPABILITY TO OBTAIN SOME OF THIS FUNDING.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, BECAUSE IT'S $10,000 PER APPLICANT PER GRANT AND I KNOW YOU SET A LIMIT ON WHAT COULD BE SPENT.

BUT THE OTHER THING, WHEN I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THIS PACKET, I'VE SEEN SOME GOOD PACKETS PRESENTED BY INDIVIDUALS, BUT I'M TELLING YOU, ROONEY'S MADE A PACKET THAT YOU COULD NOT ARGUE WITH THEM. THEY HAD EVERY SINGLE THING, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU KNOW ME, I READ THIS PACKET EVERY PAGE THEY HAD, EVERY SINGLE THING THEY'RE LISTED OF WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE SPENDING, HOW MUCH IT WAS GOING TO COST THEM, AND HOW THIS COULD OFFSET THEIR COST TO MAKE THE CITY BEAUTIFUL.

SO I GOT TO I GOT TO GIVE IT TO THEM.

THEY MADE A GREAT PACKET, EVEN THOUGH IT'S STILL 10,000 OF MY MONEY GOING TO BEAUTIFY THEIR BUSINESS, BUT THEY PUT IN A VERY GOOD PACKET.

THANK YOU. BUT THANK YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING THAT, MASTER CHIEF, BECAUSE.

AND RUDY'S IS A PALM BAY ICON, RIGHT? AND. AND A WONDERFUL RESTAURANT.

WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE THEM IN.

AND THEY'RE BEAUTIFYING THAT SECTION.

AND THAT FALLS RIGHT WITHIN THE CRITERIA THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS SET.

IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE THAT CORRIDOR, AND I FULLY SUPPORT THIS AS WELL.

SO THANKS FOR HIGHLIGHTING THAT.

I NEED A MOTION. MAYOR MOTION TO APPROVE THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM GRANT AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,000 TO ROONEY'S FOR ELIGIBLE IMPROVEMENTS.

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I'LL SECOND THAT. WE GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO, SECONDED BY MAYOR MEDINA.

ANY ADDITIONAL. YES, SIR.

CARRY ON. I'M GLAD MR. BATTEN PULLED THAT ITEM BECAUSE I WAS GOING DURING THE POLL MYSELF.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE, LIKE, INITIATIVE LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT'S SO POSITIVE AS WE ALL BRAG ABOUT SMALL, SMALL BUSINESS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR FOR US TO LET THEM KNOW THE THINGS THAT THE INITIATIVE THAT WE'RE PUTTING FORTH WILL BE ANOTHER FOR THEM, FOR US TO HELP THEM AND HELP THEM SUCCEED IN TURN HELP OUR CITY.

SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE A SMALL BUSINESS, YOU'RE LISTENING RIGHT NOW.

THIS OPPORTUNITY IS FOR EVERYBODY.

IT IS IF YOU NEED THAT FACELIFT OR WHAT HAVE YOU.

FACADE, HOWEVER YOU MAY WELL CALL IT, TO BEAUTIFY YOUR BUSINESS.

PLEASE DO APPLY THEN.

I BELIEVE WE STILL HAVE MS..

SHERMAN, THE QUESTION FOR YOU HOW MUCH DO WE CURRENTLY HAVE? AND I KNOW WE DID FOR THE SIDE OF, WHAT, 50,000? YES, SIR, THAT'S CORRECT.

AND STAFF SENT ME EARLIER TODAY THE CURRENT BALANCES.

SO LET ME PULL THAT REAL QUICKLY.

SO WE HAVE 50,000 SET ASIDE, BUT WE DO HAVE IT IN A BUDGET OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING.

SO IF WE NEEDED TO DO MORE, WE COULD.

BUT ANYWAY, WE'VE AWARDED IF, IF THIS ONE GETS A WORD TONIGHT, 10,000.

WE DID SEE DEC FOR 5000 AND WE'VE COMMITTED 10,000 FOR KILMER PROPERTIES.

SO WE'RE JUST AT THE BEGINNING.

SO MANY MORE TO GO.

IT IS A GREAT INITIATIVE.

AS YOU CAN SEE, WE DO HAVE ADDITIONAL MONEY.

SO REALLY IT'S JUST TO TELL YOU, IT'S A MESSAGE TO TELL YOU THIS COUNCIL REALLY IN FULL SUPPORT OF ALL SMALL BUSINESS.

IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE PUT THAT OUT THERE.

SO MORE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY.

WE WANT TO SEE YOU SUCCEED AS A SMALL BUSINESS.

THANK YOU. THERE'S PLENTY OF BUSINESSES TO BE REFRESHED OUT THERE, RIGHT? WHAT A GREAT YES, SIR.

SO I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO SINGING IT BY MAYOR MEDINA.

ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I ANY OPPOSE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

WE ARE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER 14, DEPUTY MAYOR MR.

[14. Consideration of travel and training for specified City employees]

AND I'M ONLY PULLING THIS ONE BECAUSE I WAS CHALLENGED ON NOT ADDRESSING MONEY EXPENDITURES UNDER CONSENT FOR OTHER ITEMS. SO I'M PULLING IT AND PULLING THIS BECAUSE IT WAS RELATED TO FINANCIAL EXPENSE.

THANK. $33,655 FOR TRAINING MY POLICE DEPARTMENT.

ALL IN FAVOR OF IT.

LIKE I SAY, I'M ONLY PULLING THESE TO MAKE SURE THAT I WAS STAYING TRUE TO MY WORD.

I'D MUCH RATHER HAVE A WELL TRAINED POLICE DEPARTMENT INSTEAD OF AN UNTRAINED POLICE DEPARTMENT GUARDING.

GUARDING MY BACK.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MASTER CHIEF.

ANY ADDITIONAL COMING CARDS? NO, MAYOR, I NEED A MOTION.

SECOND. I GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR OF FELIX THANKING HIM BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.

YOU GUYS ARE JUST TRYING ME TODAY, AREN'T YOU? OH, MY GOODNESS. YOU MEAN GET MY MOUTH FULL? THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN FOSTER GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.

ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? GENTLEMEN, I'M HERE.

ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I ANY OPPOSE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

WE ARE NOW ON PROCUREMENTS.

[PROCUREMENTS]

THIS IS AN ITEM REQUESTING AUTHORITY TO HIRE A PROFESSIONAL SCHEDULER FOR $21,330 TO REVIEW THE SOUTH REGIONAL WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY PROJECT.

THIS WOULD BE A TASK ORDER THAT WOULD GO TO WADE TRIM.

AS COUNCIL IS AWARE, THE PROJECTS THE CONTRACTORS ARE JAY SULLIVAN.

THE PROJECT IS DEFINITELY BEHIND THE ORIGINAL PROPOSED OR EXPECTED SCHEDULE.

IT'S ALREADY BEEN EXTENDED FOR SIX MONTHS TO MAY OF 2023 AND CURRENTLY BASED ON CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CONTRACTOR, THE EXPECTATION IS THAT IT'S PROJECTING THROUGH AUGUST 2024 FOR COMPLETION.

SO PART OF OUR CONTRACT WITH THE THE CONTRACTOR IS THAT WE CAN HIRE AN OUTSIDE INDEPENDENT CONTRACT REVIEW OR EXCUSE ME, SCHEDULE REVIEW.

AND THE POINT OF THAT WILL BE TO LOOK AT ALL OF THEIR MEANS AND METHODS THAT THEY'RE USING TO PLAN THE PROJECT AND SEE IF THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO SHORTEN THAT TIME FRAME FROM WHAT IT'S CURRENTLY AT.

AND WE WOULD REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU, MA'AM. DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.

AND YOU SPEAK OF. YES, MAYOR.

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SORRY. I'LL TAKE IT BACK.

NO, NO, THANK.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE INVITATION.

YES, I WAS.

GO AHEAD. AND SINCE I AM ADDRESSING EXPENDITURES.

HERE WE GO. $21,330.

AND I'M ADDRESSING IT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OKAY. I APPRECIATE IT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER SPEAKER FOR.

FOR THIS ITEM? MAYOR FOR THIS ITEM.

DEPUTY MAYOR. MAYOR. PLEASE.

PLEASE. THE LORD. PLEASE.

I NEED MOTION. SO I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN FOSTER, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX. HE WASN'T HERE.

ANY. ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCILMAN FOSTER, YOU MADE THE MOTION, MAYOR? NO, NONE AT ALL.

DEPUTY MAYOR. NO, MAYOR. OKAY.

ALL IN FAVOR. SIGNIFY BY SAYING I, I ANY ANY OPPOSE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

AND THIS IS IMPORTANT.

GENTLEMEN, I'M GLAD THAT YOU BRING THIS UP BECAUSE THAT TIMELINE JUST KEEPS GETTING FURTHER AND FURTHER OUT.

SO IF WE CAN GET THAT TO BE TASK AND THAT IS REIMBURSABLE.

IS THAT NOT CORRECT? MADAM SHERMAN PER THE CONTRACT, THE CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE TO PAY FOR THAT.

YES, MA'AM. SO WE ARE NOW ON NEW BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER ONE.

[NEW BUSINESS (Part 2 of 2)]

THIS IS CONSIDERATION OF THE RESULTS OF THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING WITH BOTH WHITE AND BLUE.

COUNCIL IS AWARE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT LENGTH QUITE A BIT, BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU A FEW HIGHLIGHTS, THIS WOULD BE A THREE YEAR CONTRACT, WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE TYPICALLY DONE WITH THESE THESE UNION GROUPS.

THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PAY PLAN THAT WAS DISCUSSED AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING FOR THESE EMPLOYEES AS WELL.

IT CHANGES SOME OF THE ACCRUAL RATES FOR SICK LEAVE, VACATION LEAVE.

IT CHANGES THE HEALTH INSURANCE CONTRIBUTION TIER SO THAT IT'S A PERCENTAGE VERSUS A FLAT RATE AND THERE'S A REOPENING FOR THE CITY IF INSURANCE COSTS INCREASES EXCEED A CERTAIN LEVEL.

THERE ARE SOME OTHER MINOR CHANGES IN THERE, BUT THE BIGGEST ONE IS GOING TO BE THE THE WAGE INCREASES THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU. AND LONGEVITY.

AND LONGEVITY. EXCUSE ME.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM.

THANK YOU. THAT'S IMPORTANT.

IT TRULY IS. IT'S.

IT'S. IT'S. IT SIGNALS.

SIGNIFIES LOYALTY.

RIGHT. ANY SPEAKER CARDS? DEPUTY MAYOR? NO, MAYOR.

OKAY. I NEED A MOTION, GENTLEMEN.

I'M A READ IT OUT MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS WITH AN H Y N H BLUE, INCLUDING ADOPTING THE NEW PAY PLANS.

SECOND. THANK YOU.

UH COUNCILMAN.

COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, IT'S NOTHING ELSE TO ADD.

WE'RE FOLLOWING THE SAME SUIT FROM THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, AND WE'RE ADDRESSING EVERYTHING ACCORDINGLY.

SO THAT'S ALL IT IS. AND LIKE I SAID, LONGEVITY IS IMPORTANT, REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME AS WELL.

ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WISH? COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I KNOW WE ASKED THIS QUESTION DURING NEGOTIATIONS.

I WANTED TO ASK IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC IS A SUSTAINABLE ONE, A 3% CAP ENVIRONMENT? CORRECT? SHERMAN YES, SIR, IT IS.

THANK YOU FOR ASKING. WE GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.

SECONDED BY YOU, MAYOR.

ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I ANY OPPOSE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

WE ARE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER THREE.

AND I'M SURE. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THIS ITEM IS CONSIDERATION OF ACCEPTING A SEGMENT OF BABCOCK STREET BETWEEN WACO BOULEVARD AND MALABAR ROAD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY'S INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH BREVARD COUNTY. FOR A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY, IN APRIL OF 2020, THE CITY EXECUTED AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH BREVARD COUNTY REGARDING THE SAINT JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY INTERSECTION AND BABCOCK BABCOCK STREET PROJECT.

PART OF THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT WERE THAT WHEN THE TRAFFIC COUNTS ON SEGMENTS OF BABCOCK, SOUTH OF MALABAR ROAD WERE ACHIEVED, THAT PORTIONS OF THE ROAD WOULD THEN BEGIN TO BE TRANSFERRED OWNERSHIP AND MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITY TO THE CITY.

THIS PARTICULAR SEGMENT DOES MEET THOSE THRESHOLDS, AND THE SEGMENT INCLUDES TWO TRAFFIC SIGNALS THAT WE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR TO SCHOOL FLASHER FLASHING SCHOOL ZONE LIGHTS FOR ROYAL PALM CHARTER SCHOOL, AND WE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO HANDLE THE MAINTENANCE OF THE ROAD.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

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IF I MAY. YES, SIR. OR AS MISS SHERMAN, WOULD YOU GO INTO MORE DETAIL AS TO WHAT IT'S VERY HIGH LEVEL FOR SOMEBODY THAT THEY WANT SOME CLARITY AS TO WHAT IS THAT MEETING THE THRESHOLD MEANS? WHAT EXACTLY? CERTAINLY.

SO LET ME GET BACK ON THIS.

A LITTLE BIT OF THE HISTORY, WOULD YOU? CAN, MA'AM? SURE, SURE, I CAN DO THAT.

SO THE PARTICULAR DETAILS LET ME PULL THAT UP HERE, IS THAT WHEN THE ANNUAL AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC COUNTS EXCEED THE MAXIMUM ACCEPTABLE, ACCEPTABLE VOLUME FOR THE ROAD. SO IN OTHER WORDS, THERE'S MORE TRAFFIC ON THE ROAD THAN IT IS DESIGNED TO HANDLE.

YOU GET TO THOSE THRESHOLDS.

THOSE THOSE STATISTICS ARE TRACKED BY THE SPACE COAST, TPO AND REPORTED ANNUALLY.

SO IS THERE DATA THAT WE'RE USING TO DETERMINE THAT THOSE SEGMENTS ARE NOW AT THAT CAPACITY LEVEL WHERE THEY'RE REQUIRED TO TRANSFER FOR A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY? SO THE CITY EMBARKED ON THE PROJECT TO BUILD THE ST JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY BETWEEN 95 AND BABCOCK BACK IN 2017, 2018, I BELIEVE. AND AT THE TIME STAFF.

USUALLY WHEN YOU START A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT YOU HAVE ALL YOUR PERMITS LINED UP.

ONE THING THAT WAS DISCOVERED IN 2019 IS THAT THE STAFF AT THE TIME DID NOT HAVE THE PERMITS TO CONNECT THE PARKWAY TO BABCOCK, AND THAT PERMIT WOULD COME FROM BREVARD COUNTY BECAUSE THEY WERE THE OWNER, ARE STILL ARE THE OWNER OF THE ROAD.

SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT HAPPENED WAS WE WENT THROUGH A PERIOD OF VERY DIFFICULT NEGOTIATIONS WITH BREVARD COUNTY.

BREVARD COUNTY WAS VERY INTERESTED IN GETTING RID OF ONE OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE SOUTH PART OF THE COUNTY, WHERE THAT PORTION OF BABCOCK IS PRIMARILY SURROUNDED BY THREE CITIES, GRAND VALKYRIE AND MALABAR AND US, WITH SOME UNINCORPORATED STILL IN THE AREA SOUTH.

BUT ESSENTIALLY THE DEAL TERMS THAT WERE WORKED OUT BACK THEN THAT WERE APPROVED IS THAT THE CITY WOULD OVER TIME TAKE SEGMENTS OF BABCOCK BASED ON THE CRITERIA WE MENTIONED. THEY WOULD ALSO GIVE US THE PERMIT TO OPEN THE ROAD BECAUSE THE ROAD WAS ACTUALLY DONE AND WE COULD NOT OPEN THE PARKWAY WITHOUT GETTING INTO A LONG, PROTRACTED LEGAL BATTLE WITH THEM.

ALSO, PART OF THE REQUIREMENT IS THAT THE CITY AND THE COUNTY BOTH AGREED TO SET ASIDE 50% OF THE TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEES IN VERY SPECIFIC AREAS.

THE CITY CREATED A CARVE OUT ZONE OF THE 32909 ZIP CODE FOR TIFF, AND THE COUNTY HAS A SOUTH MAINLAND DISTRICT.

SO ANY ANY IMPACT FEES THAT WE EACH RECEIVE IN THOSE AREAS, HALF OF THOSE GET DEDICATED TOWARD FUTURE WIDENING IMPROVEMENT COSTS.

FOR THIS SECTION OF BABCOCK THAT IS HAPPENING.

OF COURSE, THE CITY HAS MUCH LARGER AREAS, SO IT'S MORE OUR IMPACT FEES THAT ARE OF A SUBSTANTIAL NATURE.

BUT AFTER A YEAR AND A HALF OF COLLECTING THOSE, WE'RE AT ABOUT $1,000,000 THAT IS SET ASIDE JUST FOR SOME FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS.

ADDITIONALLY, THE THE COUNTY WAS REQUIRED TO PAVE IT WAS DUE FOR PAVING THAT THE ENTIRE TWO LANE SEGMENTS OF BABCOCK SOUTH AND MALABAR, WHICH THEY DID AS PART OF THEIR OBLIGATION.

SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF THE HISTORY AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU. DOES THAT SATISFY YOUR YOUR.

YES, MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OKAY. COUNCILMAN FOSTER.

AND THE CITY MANAGER DID A GREAT JOB OF EXPLAINING THAT.

IT SEEMED LIKE THE CITY WAS HELD HOSTAGE.

COUNTY WHEN THIS DEBACLE ABOUT THE INTERCHANGE, WHICH SECTION OF PORTION OF THE BABCOCK CITY WILL TAKE OVER.

BUT MY UNDERSTANDING, MAYBE THE CITY MANAGER COULD CLARIFY MY UNDERSTANDING.

BABCOCK IS A COUNTY ROAD OR A STATE ROAD.

WELL, IT'S A IT'S A IT'S AN INTERESTING MIX.

SO THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF BABCOCK IS A MIX OF CITY RESPONSIBILITIES, STATE RESPONSIBILITY AND COUNTY RESPONSIBILITY.

EXACTLY. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT, TOO.

AND BUT IF THERE'S A CAR ACCIDENT ON BABCOCK.

OUR CITY POLICE RESPONSE TO IT RIGHT IN THIS IN OUR AREA, THAT'S TYPICALLY WHAT HAPPENS.

YES. IF IT'S OUTSIDE OUR AREA, A STATE TROOPER RESPOND OR.

YES. THE FHP HAS BEEN OUT ON BABCOCK IN THE HISTORICAL TIMES.

AND THE SHERIFF AS WELL.

THANK YOU. YOU HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING, COUNCILMAN FOSTER.

AND JUST TO PIGGYBACK, I BROUGHT UP I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE AT THAT MEETING THE INTEREST THAT ALL OF BABCOCK BECAUSE IT'S MULTIPLE JURISDICTION SHOULD BE ALL STATE ROAD AND AND I DID HAVE THAT DISCUSSION WITH OUR CITY MANAGER SO THOSE THOSE TALKS ARE YOU KNOW ENSUING WITH OUR EFFORT.

BUT THAT WOULD BE A PROPER USE OF THAT CORRIDOR IS THAT THAT WHOLE QUARTER SHOULD BECAUSE IT GOES OUT TO THE COUNTY RIGHT.

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I AGREE. SO I'VE GOT A MOTION.

OR I NEED A MOTION.

SO MOVE. GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECOND SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.

ANY DISCUSSION? MS.. MADAM CHAIRMAN, YOU BROKE IT DOWN TO T BECAUSE I WAS THERE AND WHEN THAT WENT DOWN.

SO THAT'S EXACTLY HOW IT PLAYED OUT.

AND IT WAS VERY LONG AND EXTENSIVE, BUT THAT ROADWAY NEEDED THAT NEEDED TO BE OPEN.

OTHERWISE, I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN OPEN IF WE DIDN'T IRON IT OUT WHEN WE DID.

SO YEAH, SO GREAT HISTORY LESSON AND I APPRECIATE AND I APPRECIATE COUNSEL FOR ENGAGING IN CONVERSATION ABOUT IT AS WELL.

WE GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON SINGING BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.

ANYTHING TO ADD? DEPUTY MAYOR NO.

MAYOR AGAIN, I'LL ECHO WHAT COUNCILMAN JOHNSON JUST SAID.

I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR FOR ALL PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND WHAT TRANSPIRED.

I KNOW SOME OF US, MOST OF US ARE AWARE, FULLY AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON, WHAT TOOK PLACE.

BUT IT WAS ALSO IMPORTANT FOR A PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND WHAT TOOK PLACE.

I'LL BE THAT. SO I'M CALLING THE QUESTION.

ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I ANY OPPOSE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

WE ARE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR AND DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. MAYOR I THIS ITEM.

AND I GAVE GIVE IT A LOT OF CONSIDERATION, A LOT OF THOUGHT AS WE THE PAST YEAR OR SO, WE'VE HAD MEETINGS THAT REACH THE NEXT DAY TO ONE 130 IN THE MORNING.

A FEW THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT IS EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS IS ALWAYS IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

THE WAY WE CONDUCT BUSINESS, I THINK WHAT THIS WOULD DO KIND OF GIVE US SOMEWHAT OF A TARGET TIME.

RIGHT. AND THAT'S KIND OF THE GOAL.

AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, NOT SO MUCH US STAFF, YOU KNOW, THOSE THOSE DIRECTORS AND THE DEPUTY DIRECTORS, THEY THEY PULL, YOU KNOW, 16 DAYS SHIFTS AND THEY THEY EXPECT TO BE BACK AT WORK THE NEXT MORNING.

SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THIS ITEM JUST IT'S JUST MORE OF A CLEANUP ITEM, IN MY OPINION.

OF HOURS, PLENTY OF TIME TO CONDUCT OUR BUSINESS.

YES, THERE SOME THINGS MAY BE DIFFERENT BASED ON WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA, BUT.

I WOULD URGE MY COLLEAGUE TO TAKE THAT TO CONSIDERATION, SEE IF WE CAN MOVE THAT FORWARD, AT LEAST GIVE IT A SHOT AND GIVE IT A TRY.

AND IF WE FIND IT DOESN'T WORK FOR US AND WE CAN CERTAINLY REVISIT IT.

I THINK IT'S AN ITEM THAT THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING.

DO WE HAVE SPEAKER CARDS FOR THAT? YES, WE DO. MR. BILL BATTEN. GILBERT IN 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.

I HAVE THREE ITEMS TO ADDRESS ON THIS ONE.

THE FIRST ONE IS.

I NOTICE THAT COUNSEL IS SITTING IN VERY COMFORTABLE CHAIRS, SO THE MEETINGS DON'T SEEM QUITE AS LONG TO YOU AS IT DOES TO US IN THESE VERY UNCOMFORTABLE CHAIRS.

SO THAT'S THE FIRST ONE.

SO I'D SUGGEST THAT MAYBE WE ROTATE IT AND MAKE COUNSEL SIT IN THE UNCOMFORTABLE CHAIRS AND PUT SOME OF THOSE OUT THERE FOR THE AUDIENCE TO SIT IN AND JUST TO.

YOU KNOW, JUST TO SPREAD THE WEALTH A LITTLE BIT.

THAT'S THE FIRST QUESTION.

ITEM NUMBER TWO.

SOMETIMES AN INDIVIDUAL HAS TO SIT OUT IN THESE UNCOMFORTABLE CHAIRS FOR HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS TO BE HEARD.

NOW WE'RE SUGGESTING THAT AFTER THOSE PEOPLE SAT OUT IN THOSE CHAIRS FOR HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS, THE CLOCK SAID 11:00.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO LISTEN TO YOU TODAY.

THEY STILL PUT THEIR TIME IN TO BE HEARD.

AND THEY CHANGE THEIR SCHEDULE TO BE HEARD.

IT WAS NOT IT WAS NOT A COMFORTABLE WEIGHT EITHER.

BUT THEY DID IT.

SO THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT IS THEY'RE SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE AND THAT'S THEIR TIME AND THEY DON'T GET A PAYCHECK FOR IT.

A LOT OF TIMES THEY HAVE TO GET BABYSITTERS.

THEY HAVE TO DO ALL KINDS OF STUFF.

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TRUST ME, I SIT FOR ALL OF THEM.

I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

LONG MEETINGS. YOU KNOW ME.

I'M 70 YEARS OLD.

AND IT'S GETS HARDER AND HARDER TO PUT THESE DAYS IN.

AND I'M A FARM BOY, SO I HAVE TO GET UP AT THE CRACK OF DAWN BECAUSE THE ANIMALS WON'T TOLERATE NOT.

SO I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN ALSO.

AS FOR STAFF, I'M VERY EMPATHETIC FOR STAFF.

I TRY TO GIVE THEM HEADS UP ON ANYTHING IF I GIVE A CHANCE.

BUT THE OTHER SIDE OF IT, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS TRUE OR NOT, ARE THEY GETTING PAID WHILE THEY SIT IN THESE MEETINGS OR NOT? I DON'T KNOW.

I WOULD ASSUME THAT MOST OF THEM ARE HOURLY, HOURLY EMPLOYEES.

AND IF THEY'RE SALARIED, DOES THAT CONSTITUTE BECAUSE YOUR HOURLY SALARIED, WHICH YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO MORE THAN YOUR 60 HOUR TIME FRAME.

SO I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT COMES INTO PLAY.

SO THERE'S THREE QUESTIONS WITH IT.

ARE THEY PAID? WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET COMFORTABLE CHAIRS FOR US? AND REMEMBER THAT THE PEOPLE THAT DID SHOW UP ARE TRYING TO BE HEARD.

THEY MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO COME BACK THE NEXT TIME.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MR. WHITE, FOLLOWED BY ROBERT STEITZ.

NATHAN WHITE 13 ONE SEA BREEZE STREET SOUTHWEST.

I WAS EXCITED WHEN I FIRST READ THIS THIS PROPOSAL.

I THINK IT'S, GENERALLY SPEAKING, A GREAT IDEA.

SIMILARLY TO MR. BATTEN, I BELIEVE THAT.

I BELIEVE THAT IF IT WERE TO WORK, WHICH I BELIEVE IT COULD, CERTAINLY THERE WOULD NEED TO BE OTHER MEASURES TAKEN, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THIS WOULD DO IS IT WOULD HOLD COUNCIL TO A HIGHER STANDARD OF TIME MANAGEMENT WHEN IT COMES TO THE MEETINGS.

WE NEED TO BE MUCH MORE CONCISE, MUCH MORE TO THE POINT, MUCH MORE ON ON POINT AND TO THE BUSINESS AT HAND.

THERE ARE A GREAT MANY EXAMPLES THAT COULD BE POINTED TO LARGE AND SMALL OF WHEN THAT HAS NOT TAKEN PLACE.

THE NUMBER OF TIMES THE MEETINGS HAVE NOT ACTUALLY GOTTEN TO PUBLIC HEARINGS EVEN, WHICH IS RIGHT NEAR THE BEGINNING OF THE OF THE MEETING UNTIL AN HOUR, HOUR AND A HALF, 2 HOURS INTO THE MEETING.

THAT'S A PROBLEM.

AND THAT'S A PROBLEM FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SITTING IN THOSE CHAIRS FOR SO LONG THAT DO DESERVE TO BE HEARD.

SO I THINK THAT THIS IS A GREAT A GREAT IDEA THAT I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF WITH THE MINDSET.

AS LONG AS WE ARE KEEPING IN MIND THE PRIORITY IS TO THE PEOPLE FOR THEM TO BE HEARD AND FOR THEM TO HEAR THE ITEMS THAT THEY WANT TO BE, THAT THEY WANT TO HEAR WHAT THE RESOLUTION OR THEY WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY ON IT.

SOMETIMES PEOPLE COME NOT EVEN SURE IF THEY'RE FOR OR AGAINST IT, BUT THEY FIND IT CONCERNING AND THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT THEIR COUNCILMEN HAVE TO SAY BECAUSE THEY TRUST YOU OR THEY LEAN ON YOU. THEY RECOGNIZE THAT YOU ARE IN A POSITION WHERE YOU SIMPLY HAVE ACCESS TO MORE INFORMATION THAN THEY DO, AND THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT SOMETIMES AS WELL AS, OF COURSE, SPEAKING THEIR OWN MIND.

SO THIS IS A VERY GOOD IDEA.

I THINK MAJOR BUSINESS BEING DONE AT ONE IN THE MORNING IS NOT GOOD, NOT REALLY ACCEPTABLE EITHER.

SO I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS VERY MUCH AS LONG AS COUNCIL KEEPS IN MIND.

PRIORITY OF GETTING THE WORK DONE BEFORE THAT TIME PERIOD.

SO YOU DON'T HAVE PEOPLE WAITING FOR THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE MEETING ONLY TO FIND OUT THEY NEED TO COME BACK ANOTHER TIME.

WHICH STATES. THESE CHAIRS ARE NOT COMFORTABLE.

AND THAT'S WHY YOU'LL SEE ME STANDING IN THE BACK FROM TIME TO TIME.

I WOULD JUST SUGGEST THAT YOU DO.

I DON'T KNOW. 100 YEARS AGO, WE CALLED IT BRAINSTORMING.

I REMEMBER ONE MEETING.

FIRST OF ALL, REWARDS AND RECOGNITION.

OKAY, I SUPPORT THAT 100%.

IT REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU SINGLE SOMEBODY OUT FOR OUTSTANDING WORK.

I GET IT. HOWEVER, ONE MEETING I REMEMBER WE DIDN'T GET STARTED AT CITY BUSINESS TILL 730.

TO ME IT'S A WORKABLE PROBLEM, A WORKABLE ISSUE.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DO WITH STAFF OR FELLOW MANAGEMENT LIKE SUZANNE AND HER STAFF, BUT THEY SHOULD BE GETTING AT LEAST COMP TIME OR WHATEVER IT IS, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY CAN USE AT THEIR DISCRETION OR PER THE NEEDS OF THE BUSINESS.

IT IS LONG WHEN IT GOES TO 130.

THAT'S A LONG DAY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I WORK TOO.

IT JUST SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE I WORK HARDER, BE RETIRED THAN I WORK LIKE YOU ALL CAN ASSESS TO THAT.

BUT YOU REALLY NEED TO GIVE THIS DUE CONSIDERATION BECAUSE IT'S IT'S A DRAIN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT.

I'M PRETTY PROUD OF SOME OF THESE MEETINGS.

I WENT TO 130.

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BUT I THINK THE REWARDS OF RECOGNITION OR THE PROCLAMATIONS MAYBE CAN BE MANAGED A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFECTIVELY.

SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I THINK IT'S A WORKABLE PROBLEM, I THINK.

AND I CAN'T CONCLUDE.

OKAY, SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WANT TO TAKE THIS.

I'M. I WANT TO PROVIDE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.

RIGHT. I WANT TO PROVIDE A PERSPECTIVE THAT I WORK.

WE WERE ALL ELECTED TO TO PERFORM OUR DUTIES HERE AND NO ONE ON THIS DYESS.

AND I REMEMBER CAMPAIGNING WITH A MAJORITY OF COUNCIL.

CAMPAIGNED ON.

ON. I'M GOING TO GIVE MYSELF A RAISE.

WE DIDN'T CAMPAIGN ON.

I'M GOING TO SHORTEN THE TIMES OF THE MEETINGS.

WE CAMPAIGNED ON RESTORING THE PUBLIC TRUST.

WE CAMPAIGNED ON MAKING OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE COUNSEL, WHETHER THEY BE AT PUBLIC EVENTS.

AND AND I WANT TO REFRESH THIS THIS COUNCIL THAT THIS THIS IS OUR DUTY.

AND IF WE START CAPPING THE TIME, WE ARE CREATING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE THAT DIDN'T GET TO SPEAK, THEY HAVE TO COME BACK.

AND THEN CHANCES ARE MOST PEOPLE WORK TO COME BACK.

THEY HAVE TO WORK ON A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE, NOT TO MENTION THOSE THAT ALREADY.

AND WE HAVE TIME FRAMES WHEN WE DEAL WITH QUASI JUDICIAL.

THEY HAVE THOSE APPLICANTS, THEY ABSORB ALL THOSE 20 MINUTES.

AND THEN OUR PUBLIC SPEAKERS, WE HAVE HAD MANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS AT 3 MINUTES EACH.

SO WE'RE HERE TO LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE DURING THESE MEETINGS.

AND I, I, I'M NOT I'M NOT REALLY THINKING ABOUT SHUTTING THEM DOWN WHEN THIS IS THEIR HOUSE.

WE WEREN'T ELECTED TO CHANGE THEIR HOUSE.

THIS IS THEIR HOUSE.

WE CAN IMPOSE WHAT WE WANT IN THIS HOUSE BECAUSE IT BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE.

AND WE'RE HERE AS PUBLIC SERVANTS, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US.

WE CAME AS PUBLIC SERVANTS TO SERVE THE PEOPLE.

AND IF IT TAKES TILL ZERO ZERO 30 OR ZERO 130 OR 0 TO 30, I UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT THAT'S WHAT WE WERE ELECTED TO DO, IS TO SERVE THE PEOPLE, THE CONSTITUENCY.

AND THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS.

I REALLY BELIEVE THAT.

WE SHOULD CONSIDER SERVICE BEFORE SELF.

AND I UNDERSTAND THE DYNAMIC OF US GOING ON TILL THE END.

AND I DON'T WANT TO LIMIT COUNSEL IN WHAT THEY SAY DURING AN EVENT DURING A DISCUSSION, BECAUSE THIS DYAS HAS PROVEN, IF YOU REMEMBER, WE'VE HAD SOME REALLY GREAT DIALOGS AND WE'VE WORKED THROUGH SOME REALLY DIFFICULT PROBLEMS. AND IF WE HANDCUFF OURSELVES, THEN WE'RE DOING AN INJUSTICE NOT ONLY TO OURSELVES BUT TO THE PEOPLE THAT WE ARE REPRESENT.

THAT'S WHERE I'M AT.

COUNCILMAN. I WANTED TO GIVE THAT PERSPECTIVE.

I WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT WE'RE IN THIS TO SERVE.

AND YES, ZERO 130 IS DIFFICULT.

AND I, I UNDERSTAND.

I ENDED A MEETING AT ZERO 130 AND I GOT UP AT ZERO 530, AS I USUALLY DO.

GOT TO WORK, FINISHED WORK, CAME HERE AND DID A STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS.

ON VIDEO.

I UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT IT'S AN HONOR BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT SERVING PEOPLE.

AND THAT'S WHERE I'M AT WITH THAT.

I DON'T WANT TO BE THE ONE TO SAY.

WE'RE GOING TO LIMIT THE TIME.

NOW, IF YOU SAY SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF WE DO ADDRESS PUBLIC COMMENTS AND IF YOU IDENTIFY THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THE END OF OF OUR COUNCILS ARE VERY LIMITED.

SO IF YOU WANTED TO SAY, CAN WE LOOK INTO DOING JUST THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, IN THE BEGINNING, I WOULD CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, CONTEMPLATING AND TALKING THROUGH THAT.

I THINK MR. STICE ALSO MENTIONED, WHICH I AGREE WITH, MAYBE WE COULD HAVE DISCUSSION ON HOW ELSE WE COULD TAILOR IT.

BUT COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, YOU BROUGHT UP 6:00 AND WE STARTED AT 6:00, RIGHT? SO WE WE MASSAGE THAT A LITTLE BIT.

THEN WE ALSO MASSAGE HOW WE DO THE QUASI JUDICIAL.

SO IF YOU REMEMBER, THOSE WENT ON FOREVER, RIGHT? SO WE'RE WORKING IN THAT, IN THAT ASPECT.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE, WHERE I'M AT WITH THIS.

I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM.

THE PERSPECTIVE OF TIMING IS EVERYTHING TO DEPUTY MAYOR.

[01:40:01]

WE'RE NOT SENDING THE RIGHT MESSAGE WITH OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING AND NOW WE WANT TO REDUCE THE TIME FRAME.

COUNCILMAN. COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO.

WELL, MAYOR, I HAVE TO SAY GO AHEAD.

I HAVE TO SAY POINT OF ORDER.

LIKE TO ME, THIS IS I'M SAYING, WELL, BY OUR POLICY, A MOTION NEEDS TO BE MADE.

SO THAT'S I THINK THAT'S YEAH.

THAT MAKE A MOTION TO TO AMEND CHAPTER FIVE.

TYPE OF MEETINGS OF COUNCIL'S POLICY AND PROCEDURE BY INCLUDING A CURFEW FOR REGULAR MEETING.

REGULAR MEETINGS. SECOND.

AND A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON OR DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.

MARY, IF I MAY. YOU MAY.

YOU CERTAINLY MAKE A LOT OF GOOD POINTS.

FOR THE THING I DIDN'T ADD.

IF. YOU THINK SOMEBODY DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE.

WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED IS THAT.

NOT PROPOSING TO END THE MEETING RIGHT AT 11.

ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.

SHOULD COUNCIL AGREE TO CONTINUE THE MEETING TO INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL 30 MINUTES? TWICE. SO BESIDES THE 11:00 CURFEW, WE CAN POTENTIALLY ADD ANOTHER HOUR.

ADD ANOTHER HOUR.

SO WE ARE NOT THE VERY FIRST CITY OR NEIGHBORING CITY.

WE SURROUNDING WITH CITY THAT HAS IT IN PLACE.

NEXT DOOR TO THE WEST OF US, I MEAN, TO THE NORTH, NORTHWEST OF US, HAVE IT HAVE ONE IN PLACE.

SO NORTH OF US HAVE ONE IN PLACE AND OTHERS IN THE COUNTY.

IT'S BEEN WORKING OUT GREAT.

AND TO YOUR POINT, MAYOR, I UNDERSTAND THE THE OPTICS AND SO ON.

AND ALSO THIS WHOLE PROCESS, THOUGHT PROCESS HAD THE CITIZENS IN MIND AS WELL.

YOU KNOW, I CAN TELL YOU, AFTER 12:00, WE'RE NOT AT 100%.

I DON'T KNOW. FOR OTHER COUNCIL.

I'M NOT A 100%.

THERE'S TIME IT'S BEEN SAID ON THIS DIETS BY YOU AND BY OTHERS.

AND IT'S LATE. I CAN'T THINK STRAIGHT.

WE NOT WE'RE NOT CERTAIN.

GOT TO KEEP THE MEETING GOING.

WELL, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.

WITH THAT. AND UP TO 1:00, 6 HOURS.

AND BY. BY.

BY NO MEANS. I NEED CAFFEINE.

I KNOW COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO, YOU KNOW, GOT HIS CUP OF COFFEE GOING, AND.

AND, I MEAN, WE GOT TO TAKE IT ALL INTO CONSIDERATION.

IT'S NOT. YEAH, IT MAY SEEMS LIKE THAT, AND I STRONGLY DISAGREE.

I THINK IT'S IT'S. WE GOT TO SEEK FOR EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS.

THOSE GOT TO BE IN PLACE WITH EVERYTHING WE DO.

AND OTHER THAN THAT, WE'RE DOING MORE OF A DISSERVICE THAN SERVING THE PEOPLE THAT WE VOWED TO SERVE.

AND THAT'S THAT'S THE IDEA.

SO AND I GET YOUR POINT, BUT I WOULD BE WILLING TO MOVE FORWARD AS PRESENTED.

YOU KNOW WHAT I HEAR AND I'M JUST GOING TO SAY, HEY, LOOK, I GOT, YOU KNOW, 71% OF THE PEOPLE GAVE.

SAID NO TO MY RAISE.

SO I GOT A RAISE LAST TIME.

NOW. NOW I'M GOING TO TELL YOU.

OKAY? I'M GOING TO SHORTEN THE MEETINGS.

WHAT'S NEXT? WHAT? WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO NEXT? OFFER CUSHIONS FOR OUR BACKSIDES.

COME ON. THAT.

THAT'S JUST NOT HOW WE SHOULD BE DOING BUSINESS.

NOW, I WILL AGREE.

YOU DO HAVE TWO SEGMENTS IN THIS, AND THERE ARE 230 MINUTES.

NOW, IF.

KEEP IN MIND THAT STILL HANDCUFFING US.

IF YOU. IF YOU WERE, I WOULD SAY ADD TWO ONE HOUR SEGMENTS TO IT.

RIGHT. AND THEN WE THEN I THINK THAT'S THAT'S PALATABLE IF YOU DO TWO 1 HOURS.

THAT MEANS WE WON'T EXCEED THAT.

AND AT LEAST YOU STILL BECAUSE I BELIEVE CAPPING THAT OR IF YOU REMOVE IT ALTOGETHER, IF YOU CAP THAT RIGHT AT THAT POINT, LET'S SAY WE HAVE A QUASI JUDICIAL THAT WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED, THEN WHAT WE HAVE TO READDRESS, THEY HAVE TO RE ANNOUNCE THEN THEN ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE FACTORS WITH STAFF AND THAT'S CREATING MORE WORK FOR STAFF TOO, RIGHT? YEAH, WE THIS COUNCIL, WE HAVE A LOT OF LEVERAGE RIGHT IN THE PAST.

I KNOW THERE'S AN ITEM, QUASI ITEM THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR COUNCIL.

WE MOVE THEM FORWARD.

WE ALWAYS HAVE THAT LEVERAGE.

SO ADDING TO 30 HOURS OR ADDING 2 HOURS STILL CAPPING.

NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GOING TO THE NEXT DAY.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID.

[01:45:01]

SO THAT WAS MY THOUGHT PROCESS.

I'M KEEPING THE 2 TO 30 MINUTES.

THAT IS PLENTY OF TIME.

AGAIN, IT GOES BACK TO EFFECTIVENESS.

AND I GET YOUR POINT.

YOU'RE BRINGING BACK WHAT WE DID LAST WEEK TO MAKE A POINT, BUT I THINK IT'S TOTALLY APPLES AND ORANGES.

WE DID WHAT WE DID. COUNCIL AGREE, THE MAJORITY OF COUNCIL AGREE.

I THINK WE SHOULD LEAVE THAT ALONE AND MOVE FORWARD.

ADDRESS WHAT'S ON THE TABLE TONIGHT.

COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. YEAH, I'M GOING TO GRANT MR. BATTEN MR. STATUS. I MEAN, I THINK WE CAN.

I THINK WE CAN WORK THIS. AND OF COURSE, YOU AS WELL, MAYOR.

I THINK WE CAN WORK THIS PROBLEM OUT ITSELF.

I MEAN, I'M JUST TALKING ON THIS ITEM ALONE.

MAYOR HE OPEN OPENED UP THE CONVERSATION, AND THEN WE HAD A CONVERSATION.

THEN A MOTION WAS MADE AND DEPUTY MAYOR AND YOURSELF STARTED CONVERSATION AGAIN.

SO THAT RIGHT THERE TOOK ABOUT 10 TO 15 MINUTES.

AGAIN, I'M NOT TRYING TO CRITICIZE ANYBODY HERE.

JUST WE CAN WE CAN WORK ON THE TIMING OF OUR MEETINGS TO MAKE THEM GO QUICKER.

BUT I DON'T I DON'T SEE MYSELF SUPPORTING THIS AT ALL.

I DO FEEL LIKE IT IS TAKING A VOICE AWAY FROM PEOPLE.

THIS IS THE PEOPLE'S CHAMBER.

I'M HERE TO WORK NO MATTER TO WHAT TIME.

AND EVEN MY JOB AT THE VA I HAVE WHEN I'M ASSIGNED A TASK.

AND THAT TASK HAS TO BE DONE BY A CERTAIN TIME.

I HAVE TO COMPLETE THAT TASK.

OTHERWISE THERE'S REPERCUSSIONS FOR THAT.

SO THOSE ARE MY INITIAL THOUGHTS.

YEAH, AND THAT'S ALL I REALLY HAVE AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN FOSTER.

YEAH. LET ME SHARE MY PERSPECTIVE.

MAYOR. WE WE'VE BEEN ON THE STAGE TWO YEARS TOGETHER AND.

OUR MEETINGS HAVE LAST.

BUT PEOPLE LAUGH WHEN I SAY THIS.

BUT I'M SERIOUS. LONGER THAN THE SUPER BOWL.

IF YOU WATCH THE SUPER BOWL, WATCH IT NEXT YEAR.

YOU HAVE A HALFTIME SHOW.

HAVE TWO QUARTERS HALFTIME SHOW AND TWO MORE QUARTERS.

AND IT'S ALMOST 6 HOURS.

EVEN THE PREGAME.

IT'S ALMOST 6 HOURS.

4 HOURS. I MEAN, LONGER THAN A BASEBALL GAME, A MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL GAME.

I MEAN, I THINK WE COULD WORK A LOT BETTER AND.

WE CHANGED THIS ORDER.

AND OUR GENDER.

WE MOVED UP PROCLAMATIONS, WE MOVED UP PUBLIC COMMENTS, WE MOVED CONSENT TO THE LAST AND WE DID PUBLIC HEARINGS. ALL TO GET THE PUBLIC OUT.

LET THEM BE HEARD FIRST.

BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT OUR GENDER.

UM, WE GOT.

WE PUT NEW BUSINESS LAST.

BUT WE'VE BEEN MOVING AROUND TRYING TO SHORTEN UP OUR MEETINGS AND THAT HASN'T BEEN WORKING.

THAT'S THE WAY I SEE IT.

I DON'T SEE HIS SHUTTING OUT THE PUBLIC.

REALLY DON'T. I SAT IN THEM CHAIRS.

SINCE WHEN? HE 15. IN THE CITY COUNCIL AND IN THE COUNTY COMMISSION CHAIRS.

AND THE COUNTY COMMISSION.

THEIR MEETINGS DON'T LAST LONGER THAN OUR.

SOMETIMES IF YOU GO TO THE COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING, IT'S A PACKED HOUSE.

AND THEY'RE VERY EFFICIENT, MOVING IT REAL QUICKLY.

AND WATCH THEM ON THE LINE.

WATCH THEM ON THE INTERNET.

SO I JUST THINK THAT WE COULD IF WE DO HAVE A CAP THAT'S GOING TO PUT PRESSURE ON THIS DYESS TO MOVE IT ALONG, BECAUSE I WANT EVERYBODY TO BE HEARD, BUT I DON'T WANT YOU TO BE HEARD AT 1:00 IN THE MORNING.

I DON'T WANT YOU TO SIT HERE AT 1:00 IN THE MORNING.

12:00 IN THE MORNING.

I DON'T EVEN WANT TO SIT YOU HERE AT 11:00.

WE MOVE FROM 7 TO 6 AND WE STILL HERE TO MIDNIGHT.

SO. I WANT YOU TO BE HEARD AT A DECENT TIME, TO GET BACK HOME TO YOUR FAMILY AND ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR EVENING.

NOT JUST THE PUBLIC, BUT THE STAFF TOO.

YEAH. I DIDN'T SIGN UP FOR A SHORTENING MEETING.

I DIDN'T SIGN UP FOR THAT, BUT I SIGNED UP TO SERVE.

AND IN YOUR SERVICE IS HOW YOU SERVE.

IT REALLY DOES. AND I LIKE WHAT THE MAYOR SAID SERVICE BEFORE SELF.

THAT'S THE AIR FORCE MOTTO.

MAYOR, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THAT, BUT THAT'S THE AIR FORCE MOTTO.

SO SERVICE BEFORE SELF.

AND I LIVE AND BREATHE THAT EVERY DAY.

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IF WE HAVE A HOT ITEM.

WE DON'T NEED THAT WHOLE EVERYBODY WHO'S NOT HERE FOR THAT ITEM HOSTAGE.

WE NEED TO PUT IT. I ALWAYS CALL FOR A WORKSHOP.

MOVE IT FOR ANOTHER DAY AND BRING THE RED SHIRTS BACK OR WHATEVER GROUP BACK IN AND DEAL WITH THAT ITEM.

SO THEY'RE HOLDING EVERYBODY IN THE CITY HOPPERS SITTING HERE FOR THAT ONE ITEM THAT'S KNOWING THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE 20 SPEAKERS.

WE USUALLY NOTICE BEFORE THE ITEM COME BEFORE US.

HAVE IT ON A SPECIAL DAY.

I THINK WE HAD A WORKSHOP OUT IN BAYSIDE.

SO. THAT'S WHAT WE GOT TO DO.

WE HAVE AN ITEM THAT'S GOING TO BE THAT WE KNOW IS GOING TO BE.

TENSIONS. SO I JUST THINK.

BUT THESE REGULAR MEETINGS NEEDS TO WE NEED TO HAVE A CAP.

IF WE CAN'T FINISH THAT NIGHT.

I'LL COME BACK THE NEXT NIGHT, COME BACK THE NEXT MORNING AND CONTINUE THE MEETING.

BUT I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM.

SIMON JOHNSON. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

A LOT OF POINTS HAVE BEEN MADE, SO I'LL KEEP IT BRIEF.

TO ME, IT'S ALL ABOUT EFFICIENCY.

BUT I DO AGREE TO THE SAME POINT THAT POSSIBLY WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT HOW HOW THE MEETING IS REARRANGED, BECAUSE ORIGINALLY WE WENT WITH THIS THE REARRANGEMENT OF THE MEETING TO TRY TO BECOME A LITTLE MORE EFFICIENT.

BUT NOW WE'RE SEEING HOW WE ARE.

NOW, I DON'T HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH PROCLAMATIONS BEING MOVED AND THAT WAY WE HAVE MORE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.

SO THEY SEE THE PRESENTATIONS MADE BY STAFF OR THEY SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN PUBLIC HEARINGS AND THEY'RE LEARNING ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITHIN THEIR CITY.

SO I SUPPORT THIS MOTION AS IS, AND POTENTIALLY WE COULD LOOK AT REARRANGING THE AGENDA IN THE FUTURE.

BUT I SAY WE GIVE IT A SHOT AND SEE HOW IT GOES.

I SEE THE APPETITE FOR THIS COUNCIL.

SO WOULD YOU CONSIDER REMOVING THE THE CURFEW, THE THE MOTION FOR EACH IN OTHER WORDS, JUST ENDED AT AT THREE INSTEAD OF JUST CAPPING IT AT 230 MINUTES, WOULD YOU CONSIDER.

JUST REMOVING THAT.

I FEEL LIKE THAT'S HANDCUFFING US.

WHAT I'M SAYING IS BECAUSE IF IF BY CHANCE, WE'RE AT 11, RIGHT? DEPUTY MAYOR IF WE'RE ADDING IF WE'RE HANDCUFFING OURSELVES, RIGHT, WITH 230 AND AFTER THAT 30 MINUTES, WE'RE JUST AT THE BRINK OF MAKING A DECISION.

RIGHT. MAYBE NOT COP IT AT 230 MINUTES, BUT.

MAYBE KEEP IT AT TWO ONE OR NOT COP IT AT ALL.

IN OTHER WORDS, BECAUSE THE CAP.

REALLY? WHAT IF WHAT IF WE WERE RIGHT THERE AT THE POINT OF DECISION? RIGHT ON AN ITEM.

I'M JUST SAYING. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE ENDING OF IT IS, OF COURSE, WE ALWAYS HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE ADJOURN.

RIGHT. LIKE OUR REPORTS, ALL THAT IS TOWARDS THE END.

BUT IF WE CAP IT AND THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A DECISION ON SOMETHING, THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING.

JUST TO ADDRESS, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT ITEM AND WE DID GET JUNE.

WE DON'T HAVE MEETINGS IN JUNE NOW.

SO I'M JUST THINKING IF YOU REMOVE THAT, I THINK THAT MIGHT BE EVEN BETTER.

THE CHALLENGE, NOT NOT HAVING A MAYOR IS SO LEARNED FROM.

YOU KNOW, MR. BIDEN SAYS OFTEN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T LEARN FROM HISTORY, IT WILL REPEAT ITSELF.

WHAT WE HAD IN THE PAST IS THAT.

SO KEEP ADDING MINUTES AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, YOU'RE BACK FROM SQUARE ONE.

WE KEEP KEEP ADDING AN ADDITIONAL 15 ADDITIONAL 15 BACK.

BACK, YOU KNOW, GOING BACK IN HISTORY, I THINK.

THE CITY OF PALM BAY HAD SOME SORT OF CURFEW IN PLACE, BUT THEY DIDN'T CAP IT.

BUT THEY HAD THEY WERE THEY WERE THEY HAD THE ABILITY TO ADD INCREMENTS OF 15 MINUTES.

SO WHAT YOU'VE SEEN HAPPEN, IT WAS AN ONGOING 15 MINUTES EVERY TIME IF 10 MINUTES FOR THAT VERY REASON.

I THINK, AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, I THINK IT'S FAIR.

IT'S JUST KEEPING IT A DAY OF BUSINESS WITH THE 30 MINUTES.

IT'S NOT 15.

WE KNOW WE HAVE 30 MINUTES.

IF WE NEED TO OVER MAYBE MOVE AN ITEM.

I THINK THAT THAT'S THE THAT'S A CALL.

ALL COUNSEL CAN MAKE THAT CALL.

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AND AND IF WE DON'T GET TO SEE THAT ITEM THE VERY NEXT MEETING BASED ON THE POLICY, THAT'S THE VERY FIRST THING WE SEE BEFORE A PUBLIC HEARING, THE FOLLOWING MEETING.

THAT WOULD BE THE VERY FIRST ITEM.

THAT ITEM COMES FIRST.

SO. MARY.

I MEAN, I DO APPRECIATE YOUR VOICE, BUT I'M WILLING TO KEEP.

ALL RIGHT. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THIS.

THIS IS I GUESS I WAS RAISED IN A CERTAIN WAY.

RIGHT. AND SO I TAKE IT BACK TO WHEN I WAS GROWING UP IN NEW YORK CITY AND AND WE WOULD HAVE A SNOWSTORM.

AND THIS JUST YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO SHARE THIS AND I KNOW WHERE COUNCIL IS GOING.

BUT I REMEMBER MY FATHER AS I BECAME A YOUNG MAN, AS I WAS, HE SAYS HE SAID TO ME, HEY, SON, CAN I COUNT ON YOU TO SHOVEL THE SNOW, SHOVEL THE DRIVEWAY, AND I COUNT ON YOU TO DO THAT? AND I SAID, YES, DAD, YOU CAN COUNT ON ME.

AND THEN HE SAID, AFTER YOU DO THAT, I NEED YOU TO GO GET MILK AND BREAD FOR YOUR MOM.

YES, DAD. I'LL DO THAT.

SEVERAL THE SNOW.

AND THEN I GO OVER TO THE STORE AND SHOVELING SNOW IS DIFFICULT.

I KNOW MOST OF YOU NEVER SHOVEL SNOW.

RIGHT. AND I CAN.

COUNCILMAN FOSTER UNDERSTANDS THAT'S A LABOR INTENSIVE JOB.

SO I'M GOING TO TAKE 3 MINUTES TO SAY THIS.

AND THEN I GO TO THE STORE AND I SEE ALL THE YANKEE BASEBALL CARDS AND I GO, OH, MY GOSH, I BUY THOSE YANKEE CARDS.

AND EVEN THOUGH AND I GO TO MY DAD AND I SAY, LOOK, I DIDN'T GET THE BREAD AND THE MILK, BUT I LOOK AT THE YANKEES, I GOT I GOT RICK, I GOT JOE DIMAGGIO, WHOEVER IT WAS AT THAT TIME.

WELL, IT WAS MORE LIKE BOBBY MERCER.

AND ANYWAY, THAT.

I LET MY DAD DOWN BECAUSE I.

I DIDN'T FULFILL MY WORD.

AND THAT'S HOW I FEEL ABOUT THIS.

SO I'LL END IT AT THAT.

SO I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN FELIX OR DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.

ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I ALL OPPOSED.

SIGNIFY BY SAYING NAY.

NAY, NAY. ROLL CALL.

MYSTERY. DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX I COUNCILMAN JOHNSON COUNCILMAN FOSTER I COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO NO KNOW A MAYOR MEDINA NAY.

WE ARE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER.

FIVE. S MAYOR COUNCILMAN FOSTER IS REQUESTING TRAVEL FOR THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES FEDERAL ACTION STRIKE TEAM FLY IN. THIS IS SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 7TH TO EIGHTH IN WASHINGTON, D.C..

ALL CITY OFFICIALS ARE ABLE TO ATTEND.

HOWEVER, THE LEAGUE RECOMMENDS THAT ONLY ONE ELECTED OFFICIAL BE IN ATTENDANCE TO NOT VIOLATE THE SUNSHINE LAW.

COUNCILMAN FOSTER IS A MEMBER OF THE FAST TEAM.

HE IS A MEMBER OF THE TASK FORCE TEAM AND WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF HIS REPRESENTATION THERE.

SO DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX ANY, SPEAKER CARD'S MAYOR, MR. BILL BATTEN, AND MR. WHITE. GILBERT IN 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST. I'M PROUD THAT YOU'RE ON THE FAST TEAM.

THAT'S ACCOMPLISHMENT.

AND IT'S GOOD REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY.

BUT WHAT WAS WHAT WAS THE COST OF THIS FLY IN? I COULDN'T MISS THAT IN THE PACKET.

THANK YOU. AND I'M ONLY CHALLENGING IT BECAUSE I SAID TONIGHT I WAS GOING TO CHALLENGE BUDGET IDENTITIES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER SPEAKER CARDS? DEPUTY MAYOR. SO WHITE.

NATHAN WHITE 1301 SEABURY STREET, SOUTHWEST.

AS THE TRADITIONAL SAYING GOES, ANYONE SPEAKING FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? I'LL CLARIFY. I'M SPEAKING AGAINST THIS ITEM THEN I WAS ABOUT TO SAY THE ENTIRE BUT ACTUALLY THE ONLY STATED PURPOSE OF THIS FLY IN BOTH IN AGENDA AND ALSO ON THE FLORIDA CITY'S WEBSITE AND ON THEIR FLIER FOR THE EVENT IS TO MEET WITH MEMBERS OF FLORIDA'S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO DISCUSS KEY FEDERAL ISSUES THAT AFFECT MUNICIPALITIES.

SO WE'RE GOING TO PAY ALMOST $1,500 TO FLY FROM FLORIDA TO WASHINGTON, D.C., TO MEET WITH THE OFFICIALS WHO ALSO HAVE

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THAT DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE.

AND IF COUNCILMAN FOSTER OR ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF COUNCIL WISH TO ATTEND.

DELIGHTFUL. BUT I WOULD BE OPPOSED TO USING THESE FUNDS FOR THAT PURPOSE.

AND IF IN SEARCH OF OTHER FUNDS, THE.

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENDITURES BALANCE FOR COUNCILMAN WAS QUADRUPLED AT THE LAST MEETING, SO PERHAPS THAT COULD BE OF USE.

AND THE OTHER SPEAKER IS DEPUTY MAYOR.

SO NOT FOR THIS ITEM.

OKAY. COUNCILMAN FOSTER, DID YOU WANT TO WEIGH IN BEFORE WE.

YES, WE MOVE ON. YES, I DID.

WASHINGTON, D.C..

I LIVED IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

TWICE. WELL, THREE TIMES IN MY LIFE.

ONE WHEN I WAS SERVING IN THE MILITARY AND TWICE WHEN I WAS SERVING WITH THE U.S.

MARSHAL SERVICE.

UM, FEBRUARY IS THE WORST TIME TO GO TO WASHINGTON, D.C., LET ME TELL YOU, IT'S COLD.

THE METRO. TAXI SERVICE.

SUCKS. THE METRO SUCKS.

UM. BUT I'M NOT DOING IT FOR A VISIT.

I DON'T NEED TO SEE THE CAPITAL.

I'VE BEEN TO THE CAPITAL.

I DON'T NEED TO SEE THE WHITE HOUSE.

IN FACT, I COULD TELL YOU EVERY STREET WHERE EVERY FEDERAL BUILDING THAT ON PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.

UM, I'M GOING THERE TO REPRESENT PALM BAY AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA THROUGH THE FLORIDA CITIES AND.

AND IT'S GOING TO BE A BUSY DAY.

I'M NOT THE ONLY CITY OFFICIAL IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA THAT'S GOING TO BE FLYING UP THERE.

UM, I ATTEND MEETINGS ON THIS.

THE MAYOR COULD TESTIFY.

SHE WAS AT THE MEETING.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULDN'T DO LAST YEAR.

BECAUSE THE COVERT.

NOW, WE COULD DO IT THIS YEAR.

AND AS FAR AS CONGRESSIONAL STAFF, I HAVE ONE CONGRESSMAN, CONGRESSMAN POSEY, HERE.

HIS OFFICE IS IN VERY.

I CAN'T MEET WITH THE CONGRESSMAN DOWN IN.

SOUTH FLORIDA OR IN TAMPA OR IN TALLAHASSEE OR IN JACKSONVILLE, BECAUSE NORMALLY THEY TAKE MEETINGS WITH THE PEOPLE WHO THEY REPRESENT.

JUST IN AMERICA.

YOU JUST CAN'T WALK. HEY, DO YOU LIVE IN MY DISTRICT? NO. WHY ARE YOU HERE? MATTER WHAT YOUR STATUS AND POLITICAL POLITICAL STATUS.

I WANT TO HEAR FROM PEOPLE THAT IN THEIR DISTRICT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY REPRESENT AND I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT.

I WOULDN'T WANT TO HEAR FROM SOMEBODY IN WEST MELBOURNE WHAT'S GOING ON IN PALM BAY.

BEEN ON A STATE LEVEL.

YOU GO TO YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE OR YOUR STATE SENATE.

WE HAVE A DELEGATION IS GOING TO BE IN IN BEAVER COUNTY ON OUR STATE LEVEL.

BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE FEDERAL LEVEL, MOST OF THESE CONGRESSIONAL MEMBER OF CONGRESS, SENATE.

THEY DO THE MOST WORK IN D.C..

HANDLE THE LOCAL BUSINESS OR HEAR FROM THE.

THE RESIDENTS WHEN THEY BACK HERE AND THEY HAVE A BUSY SCHEDULE WHEN THEY SET FOOT BACK IN THE COUNTY BECAUSE EVERYBODY WANT TO GRAB HOLD TO.

SO FLORIDA LEAGUE CITY CAME UP WITH THE STRIKE TEAM.

AND AND IT'S NOT ONLY TO REPRESENT.

LAUDER, YOU'RE GOING TO MEET WITH THE WHOLE FLORIDA DELEGATION, SENATORS, TWO SENATORS IN THE CONGRESS THROUGHOUT FLORIDA THAT'S PUSHING FOR ITEMS THAT WE NEED LOCALLY AND STATEWIDE THAT.

OUR CONGRESSIONAL PEOPLE ARE HEARING FROM LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS AND WHAT THEY NEED.

LET ME THROW YOU A LITTLE CHERRY ON TOP.

IF I HAVE THE TIME. WE HAVE A FEDERAL LOBBYIST IN D.C..

IF I HAVE THE TIME, WHICH I'M GOING TO TRY TO LEAVE EARLY IN THE MORNING.

AND GET BACK LATE AT NIGHT.

WANT TO MEET WITH OUR FEDERAL LOBBYIST.

SO. I CAN SIT DOWN.

SPOKE WITH COUNCIL TO PUSH SOME ITEMS. MAYBE WE COULD GET SOME GRANTS.

OUR FIRE STATION, POLICE DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC WORKS, OUR ENVIRONMENT.

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I WANT TO DO A FACE TO FACE MEETING BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT.

WE'VE BEEN TALKING OVER THE PHONE.

SO IF I HAVE THE TIME, I'M GOING TO SET SOMETHING UP.

AND TRY TO SET UP A MEETING WITH OUR LOBBYISTS THAT.

AND ON THE ISSUES RIGHT HERE IN PALM BAY.

LOOKING OUT FOR THE BEST INTEREST OUR FEDERAL MONIES.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE A.

CONGRESS IS SPLIT.

AT THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONTROLLED BY REPUBLICANS, AND YOU GOT THE SENATE BY DEMOCRATS.

IT IS NOT ABOUT PARTY.

IT'S ABOUT WHAT'S BEST FOR FLORIDA, WHAT'S BEST FOR PALM BAY.

AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING UP THERE TO DO.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO COUNSEL SUPPORT ON THAT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU.

COUNCILMAN FOSTER AND I, ALL WE NEED IS CONSENSUS.

DEPUTY MAYOR, I THINK YOU GOT A THUMBS UP ON THAT ONE.

AND NO, NO, THE ONLY ONE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GOING IS COUNCILMAN FOSTER.

COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO.

MAYOR, THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THE ONLY ONE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GOING AS COUNCILMAN.

THAT IS. THAT IS RIGHT. RIGHT? YEAH. THE ONLY ONE THAT'S GONE THAT REPRESENTS THE STRIKE FORCE IS.

COUNCILMAN FOSTER.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE, ESPECIALLY SINCE YOU HAVE SUCH A FEDERAL BACKGROUND.

SO THANK YOU FOR FOR SERVING THIS CITY IN THAT CAPACITY, SIR.

SO YOU HAVE CONSENSUS, TERRY, I THINK WE'RE GOOD TO GO.

RIGHT. SO NOW WE'RE ON ITEM NUMBER SIX.

GENTLEMAN OR MADAM LEFLER, YOU WANT TO PRESENT THIS? YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

EACH YEAR CITY COUNCIL IS PRESENTED WITH AGENCIES AND COMMITTEES ON WHICH THE CITY HAS REPRESENTATION.

COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD BE REAFFIRMED OR APPOINTED TO THE LISTED AGENCIES OR COMMITTEES BY CONSENSUS.

OKAY. SO ANY SPEAKER ON THIS ONE? DEPUTY MAYOR? NO. MAYOR.

OKAY, SO LET'S GET RIGHT TO IT.

THINGS ARE WORKING OUT PRETTY GOOD THE WAY THEY ARE.

IF IF YOU WOULD WOULD ALLOW I'LL HANDLE MY DUTIES FIRST IF IF YOU WOULD THINK YOU WOULD WANT ME TO CONTINUE AS THE SPACE COAST TRANSPORTATION PLANNING.

ONE OF THOSE DELEGATES.

I'D LIKE TO THROW MY NAME IN THE HAT.

I GOT CONSENSUS THERE.

AND THEN I WANT I WANT TO CONTINUE MY SERVICE AS ALTERNATE TO THE LEAGUE OF CITIES AS WELL.

SO I GOT CONSENSUS THERE.

SO LET'S JUST GO RIGHT DOWN THE LINE BECAUSE WHO'S NEXT? DEPUTY MAYOR. HERE.

I CURRENTLY SERVE ON THE TPO.

I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE SERVING THERE.

THE SPACE COAST LEAGUE OF CITIES.

I'VE BEEN.

THIS IS MY SECOND YEAR, OBVIOUSLY BEEN, YOU KNOW, RELIGIOUSLY ATTENDING.

I DEFINITELY WANT TO EXPRESS INTEREST TO THIS.

THIS BODY THAT.

LIKE TO SERVE.

I KNOW COUNCILMAN JOHNSON CURRENTLY SERVING SOME CAPACITY THERE.

IF YOU WISH TO CONTINUE SERVING, THAT'S FINE.

I CAN CERTAINLY WAIT.

SO THE MAIN THING AND YOU KNOW THIS MAYOR YOU ARE MEETING START AT 545 AND SOMETIMES THAT'S A MEETING THAT CAN BE IN TITUSVILLE, THAT CAN BE IN CAPE CANAVERAL.

BUT THAT'S ALSO WHERE IT'S GOOD TO HAVE GOOD COMMUNICATION, LIKE I HAVE WITH MAYOR MEDINA, WHERE IF I CAN'T, I CAN'T MAKE IT THERE.

THE MAYOR MEDINA THE ALTERNATE OR VICE VERSA.

IF YOU DO IT AND YOU MAKE SURE YOU GO THROUGH ROSEMARY AND MAKE SURE MAYOR MEDINA'S THERE.

SO THAT'S QUITE ALL RIGHT.

IF YOU WISH TO SERVE. OH, NO, I'M JUST SAYING.

NO, NO. YEAH, YOU CAN GO.

SO YOU WANT TO BE THE YOU'RE THE PRIMARY THAT ONE NOW OR HOWEVER HOWEVER YOU ALL WANT TO DO IT.

YOU WANT TO BE THE ALTERNATE OR ARE YOU GOING TO BE.

HOWEVER, I JUST LIKE TO YOU WANT TO START IT.

OKAY. SO YOU SURE? YEAH. COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, I THINK THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU REALLY HAD MORE PASSION.

NO, LISTEN. NO, SERIOUSLY.

SO THE SPACE COAST, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT I'M SEEKING TO SERVE THE LEAGUE AS WELL.

SO LIKE ON THE STATE AT THE STATE LEVEL.

BUT BUT, YOU KNOW, I KIND OF WANTED TO GET MY FOOT WET HERE, BUT BUT THAT'S FINE.

IF YOU HAVE NO CHOICE, YOU STAY THERE.

TRY IT OUT. TRY IT OUT FOR A YEAR.

TRY IT OUT FOR A YEAR.

GO AHEAD. YEAH.

SO. SO YOU WANT YOU'LL BE THE PRIMARY AND I'LL BE THE ALTERNATE.

THAT'S FINE. IS THAT GOOD? IS THAT COOL WITH YOU, SIR? ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. OKAY.

WELL, NOW THAT THAT MEANS WE.

WE GOT. WE GOT.

SO THAT MEANS WE HAVE COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.

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SO SHOULD HE BE ON THE TPO THEN? BECAUSE HE'S AN ALTERNATE. NO, NO, GO AHEAD.

OKAY. YOU'LL STAY ON TO ME.

OKAY. BECAUSE THAT WAS HIS MAIN.

THAT WAS HIS MAIN.

SO, MAN, I APPRECIATE IT, MAN.

BUT THE MAIN THING OTHER THAN THE SPACE COAST ARE THESE CITIES THAT I'M REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT IS THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD THAT DEALS WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT. SO LIKE OUT OF EVERYTHING ON HERE, THAT'S LIKE, REALLY? YEAH. SO COPY THAT.

SO THAT'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WORKFORCE HOUSING, EVERYTHING.

SO THAT'S OUT OF ALL OF THAT.

THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO HOLD ON TO.

SO DO YOU WANT TO SERVE AS THE ALTERNATE OR DO YOU WANT TO BE THE MAIN ONE ON THE LEAGUE OF CITIES? I CAN BE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SCHEDULE.

I MAKE THOSE MEETINGS.

I MAKE THOSE MEETINGS.

I CAME. YOU WANT TO BE THE ALTERNATIVE.

YOU WANT TO BE THE MAIN APPOINTEE.

TELL ME. I'LL BE THERE.

OKAY, SO. SO I'M STILL THE ALTERNATE.

OKAY. AND THEN IF YOU RUN INTO PROBLEMS, YOU'VE GOT TO JUST COMMUNICATE WITH ME.

SO WE'VE GOT COUNCILMAN FELIX.

TERRY IS IS THE THE MAIN ONE ON THE SPACE COAST LEAGUE CITIES.

AND I'M THE ALTERNATE TPO, MYSELF AND COUNCILMAN FELIX.

WHO ELSE IS GOING TO SIT ON THE COUNCILMAN? FOSTER WE GOOD? ALL RIGHT, SO THE SAME THREE PEOPLE ARE ON THERE.

AND THEN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

WE HAVE A BOARD OF DIRECTORS RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE A COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO.

WE'RE ALL WE JUST GOT HIM ON THERE.

WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT WITH COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO ON THERE.

THANK YOU. OKAY. AND ALSO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

SO HE'S ON BOTH.

OKAY, THANK YOU. AND THEN MOVING FORWARD, RISK MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, WHO SERVE IN THERE NOW? DESMOND FOSTER, WOULD YOU CONSIDER.

CONTINUING TO SERVE IN THAT AREA.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

I'M GOING WITH COUNCILMAN FOSTER.

EVERYONE ELSE, OC CAPITAL OUTLAY COMMITTEE WHO SITS ON THAT? MEMBER OF STAFF. IT'S A GROWTH MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR, ALEX BERNARD.

OKAY, SO I LIKE ALEX IRVIN.

OKAY. PRAISE THE LORD.

AND THEN WHAT DO WE HAVE? AND THAT'S COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.

HE'S PASSIONATE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD.

IS THAT CORRECT? SO, TERRY, ARE WE GOOD TO GO? YES. FOR THE SPACE COAST TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION.

IS COUNCILMAN JOHNSON STILL THE ALTERNATE? YES. GOOD.

BUT WE NEED. WE NEED TWO ALTERNATES, RIGHT? I THINK WHAT HAPPENED. COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO WASN'T ON YET.

YES, THAT'S RIGHT.

YES, WE CAN. AND IN THAT CASE, ME AND COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO WOULD BE ALTERNATES.

YES. OKAY. COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO, YOU GO WITH THAT.

ALL RIGHT, SIR. THERE YOU GO.

SO. SO YOU'VE GOT THE SAME THREE AND NOW WE'VE GOT TWO ALTERNATES.

ANYTHING ELSE, TERRY? VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT.

OUTSTANDING. YES.

IF I MAY, I THINK I BROUGHT THIS UP TO MISS SHERMAN, BUT I WANT TO BRING UP TO YOU WHO SITS ON THE TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.

I DO. BUT THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT A CITY APPOINTEE.

THAT'S FROM BREVARD COUNTY.

AND THEY. I WAS APPOINTED TO FOUR YEAR APPOINT.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. AND THAT WAS COMMISSIONER BACK THEN.

IT WAS THE CHAIRMAN, RITA PRITCHARD.

SO I THINK I JUST COMPLETED TWO YEARS.

SO THE NEXT TWO YEARS IS WHEN I'LL BE UP.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM.

YES, SIR. THE DRC IS NOT LISTED AS WELL.

IS THAT THAT MEANT FOR A REASON? THAT IS BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING TO BE ON THERE FOR THE TWO YEAR TERM.

SO IT WILL COME UP AGAIN NEXT YEAR.

YOU'RE NOT. YOU'RE NOT OVER YET.

YOU'RE NOT. ALL RIGHT.

SO YOU GOT. YOU HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED, MS..

TERRY. YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE ARE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.

[Additional Item ]

THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO THIS ITEM IS THE CONSIDERATION OF ALLOCATING OUR REMAINING ARPA FUNDING TO ONE OF A VARIETY OF OPTIONS THAT WE'VE INCLUDED IN THE STAFF.

MEMO FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

AS WE'VE CLARIFIED IN OUR BRIEFINGS, THE ORIGINALLY WE WE BELIEVED THAT WE HAD ONE POINT ABOUT 1.299 MILLION LEFT.

THAT NUMBER IS ACTUALLY $938,601 BECAUSE OF A MATH CORRECTION RELATED TO A PRIOR OBLIGATION FOR OUR DISASTER RECOVERY SITE.

SO YOU DO HAVE 938,601.

THAT IS AVAILABLE TO BE ALLOCATED.

STAFF IS PROVIDED IN THE AGENDA MEMO SEVEN OPTIONS.

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SO THAT ITEM IS ACTUALLY NOT READY TO GO.

SO I'M RESPECTFULLY PULLING ITEM NUMBER SIX OUT OF THE CONSIDERATION POOL.

AND I'LL JUST QUICKLY RUN THROUGH WHAT WE DO HAVE ON THE LIST FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

ITEM NUMBER ONE IS THE ALLOCATION OF AN ADDITIONAL $31,908 FOR SALARIES AND BENEFITS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROGRAM.

YOU'LL RECALL THAT YOU PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED US TO TAKE UP TO 50% OF THE SALARIES AND BENEFITS OF THAT STAFF PERSON.

NOW THAT THE POSITION IS FILLED, WE CAN WE CAN BE SURE WHAT THE ACTUAL COST WILL BE.

SO THIS WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL 31,000 908 TO FULLY FUND THE 50% OF THAT PERSON'S SALARY AND BENEFITS.

OPTION NUMBER TWO WOULD BE TO SINCE YOU'VE ALREADY AWARDED WHEN WE WENT OUT AND DID OUR RFP FOR THE HOMELESS TO PROVIDE HOMELESSNESS, PUBLIC SERVICES AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING TYPE PROJECTS.

ARE YOU AWARDED TO FIVE SPECIFIC ORGANIZATIONS? SO OPTION NUMBER TWO IS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL ARPA FUNDING TO ANY OF THOSE FIVE ARPA SUB RECIPIENTS.

OPTION NUMBER THREE IS TO PROVIDE ARPA FUNDING TO AGENCIES WITH ELIGIBLE PROPOSALS THAT DID NOT RECEIVE FUNDING FOR THE HOMELESSNESS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND RELATED PUBLIC SERVICES. OPTION NUMBER FOUR WOULD BE TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE FOR SEPTIC TO SEWER CONVERSIONS WITH PRIORITY CONSIDERATION GIVEN TO INCOME ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS. THE AVERAGE COST PER RESIDENT TO CONNECT WOULD BE 21,000 AND WE COULD POTENTIALLY ASSIST UP TO 41 HOMEOWNERS.

OPTION NUMBER FIVE WOULD BE PHASE TWO IMPROVEMENTS TO CASTAWAY POINTE PARK.

ONE OF OUR FUTURE PHASES FOR DEVELOPING THAT PARK SITE IS TO REMOVE THE PARKING FROM WHERE IT IS, WHICH IS CLOSER TO THE WATER TO TURN THAT INTO GREEN SPACE AND TO MOVE PARKING BASICALLY UPHILL A LITTLE BIT.

AND IN DOING THAT, WE WOULD CREATE IMPROVED STORM WATER FILTRATION, BETTER WATER QUALITY TREATMENT ON THAT SITE.

WE WOULD ALSO USE PERMEABLE PAVEMENT IN THAT THAT DESIGN.

THE ORIGINAL COST ASSESSMENT WE HAD BACK IN 2021 WAS THAT THAT WOULD BE AROUND A 339,000 PROJECT.

WE BELIEVE THAT COST IS EASILY 30% OR MORE THAN THAT NUMBER.

SO YOU WOULD USE PROBABLY SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 500,000 OR SO IF YOU WENT FOR THAT PROJECT, WHICH IS GENERALLY ELIGIBLE BECAUSE OF THE STORMWATER COMPONENT.

YEAH. AND THEN THE LAST ITEM SINCE I'M REQUESTING REMOVAL OF ITEM NUMBER SIX LAST TIME WOULD BE FUNDING TOWARDS APPROXIMATELY ONE DOZEN WATER MAIN LOOPING UPGRADE PROJECTS, WHICH WOULD BE AIMING TO INCREASE WATER QUALITY AND PRESSURE.

WE ESTIMATE THOSE WOULD COST ABOUT $2 MILLION.

SO THIS WOULD BE ARPA MONEY WOULD HELP FUND THOSE PROJECTS AND THEN THE UTILITIES FUND WOULD WOULD DO THE BALANCE.

AND WE'RE ALREADY IN DESIGN AND PERMITTING FOR THOSE THAT SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN JANUARY OF 2023.

AND WITH THAT, WE'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE AND DEFER TO COUNCIL.

YEAH, I DO.

SO WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS THAT THESE FUNDS HAVE TO BE EXPENDED BY 2026, RIGHT? RIGHT. THE PROJECT HAS GOT TO BE FULLY ON BOARD, READY TO TURN DIRT.

BY 2024.

ALL FUNDS HAVE TO BE COMPLETELY COMMITTED BY 2024 AND THEN FULLY EXPENDED BY THE END OF 2026.

AND SO WE'VE GOT SOME REALLY GOOD PROJECTS HERE, I JUST WANT TO SAY, AND I'M GOOD, BUT I WANT TO I WANT TO SHARE PART OF OUR VISION.

RIGHT? PART OF OUR VISION IS IS MULTIPLE.

BUT THAT AREA DOWN THERE BY THE BY THE PARK.

RIGHT. OR FOR US ONE THAT ONE NUMBER OF PROJECT IS THAT ONE.

THAT'S ITEM FIVE.

ITEM NUMBER FIVE, CASTAWAY POINT PARK.

THAT'S THE WAY. AND THE REASON I BRING THAT ONE UP IS BECAUSE PART OF THAT VISION IS IS TO HAVE SOMETHING REALLY NICE ALONG THAT CORRIDOR.

RIGHT. AND IF WE COULD SUPPORT THAT BY BEGINNING THE PARK, I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD A GOOD WAY TO IMPROVE THE WATER QUALITY AND THE PARK OUT THERE AS WELL.

SO THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS SO FAR.

I'M NOT COMMITTED TO ANY ONE.

JUST WANTED TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK ON THOSE.

I'LL START WITH YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR.

MAYOR THANK YOU.

CITY MANAGER AND I HAD A LONG DISCUSSION ON THIS ONE.

YOU KNOW, GOING BACK TO THE COMMITMENT TO THE 5 MILLION, WE COMMITTED 5 MILLION TO 3.

IMPORTANT ITEM FOR FOR US FOR THIS COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

THOSE ARE CRITICAL ITEMS FOR HOMELESSNESS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND SERVICES RELATED SOCIAL SERVICES RELATED TO TO THESE ISSUES.

MENTAL HEALTH THAT I KNOW.

MAYOR, THAT'S THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO YOU.

I KNOW FOR NO FAULT ON OR ON, WE KIND OF FELL SHORT AS FAR AS MEETING ALL THE THREE TIER OR TO SOME DEGREE, EVENLY.

I KNOW WE ADDRESSED QUITE A BIT OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WE ADDED.

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NOW, CURRENTLY I SEE DREW IN THE IN THE AUDIENCE, SO WE WILL HAVE QUITE A FEW.

VOA WHAT A FEW NEW AFFORDABLE UNITS TO, TO, TO OUR TO THE CITY'S ROSTER IN TERMS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

AND I KNOW THE SERVICES WE, WE GIVE ENOUGH TO WHERE SOME OF THESE AREA BUT ONE AREA I FELT LIKE SOMEWHAT DIDN'T GET A FAIR SHAKE OR A FAIR SHARE IS THE HOMELESSNESS ISSUE THAT WE HAVE.

I POSITION ON THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDING WAS TO AND WE OUT THERE.

UM, WE GOT A LOT OF APPLAUSE, A LOT OF ACCOLADES FOR THAT DECISION.

AND EVEN THE STATE LEVEL BEING RECOGNIZED.

ONE MUNICIPALITY THAT TAKE A GREAT EFFORT, GRATEFUL TO STEP FORWARD TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE CORE ISSUES, FOR US TO RELOCATE AND TO RELOCATE THAT MONEY FOR OTHER MEANS.

I'M NOT IN GREAT SUPPORT, BUT BY ANY MEANS, WHATEVER THIS THE MAJORITY OF COUNCIL SAID TO TONIGHT, IF WE MUST DO, BECAUSE MY MY DIRECTION IS TO KEEP IT.

LET'S GO BACK OUT, SEE IF WE CAN ADDRESS.

YOU KNOW, THE PROPORTION, THE THREE TIER, THE AREA THAT ACCORDING TO STAFF THAT DIDN'T REALLY GET A FAIR SHARE OF THE FUNDING TO GO BACK AND SEE IF WE CAN SIC FOR THAT SERVICE.

THAT'S WHERE I'M AT, MAYOR.

THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE, BECAUSE WE OUT THERE PUSHING IT, YOU KNOW, IF OURSELVES, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NECESSARILY CREDIT, IT'S DOING THE RIGHT THING, RIGHT.

WE DID THE RIGHT THING FOR US TO MOVE $1,000,000 OFF OF THAT.

SO IT'S TO ME, I'D SAY WE WE DON'T HAVE WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.

IT'S NOT THAT WE HAVE TO SPEND IT BY THE BY BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR OR WE HAVE TO MAKE THE ALLOCATION WE GOT TIME TO WORK WITH JUST TO STICK TO THE ORIGINAL PLAN THAT THAT'S WHERE I'M AT. AND I WOULD LIKE I SAID, I'M NOT MARRIED TO ANY ONE OF THEM.

BUT HERE'S MY CONCERN.

THESE THESE PROJECTS HAVE TO BE LIKE.

TURN READY? RIGHT. TURN THE DIRT AND GET IT DONE.

MY CONCERN IS THAT WHAT IF WE DON'T? IF WE DON'T MEET THAT THRESHOLD, MADAM SHERMAN, IF WE PUT IT OUT AND THEN WE JUST DON'T MEET THAT THRESHOLD TO TO GIVE THAT MONEY BY THAT CERTAIN CRITERIA THAT GOES BACK, DO WE LOSE THAT THAT FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ALTOGETHER? MY UNDERSTANDING, IF WE DON'T MEET THE EXPENDITURE DEADLINES AND WE DO HAVE TO RETURN THE MONEY BECAUSE IT WAS ALL GIVEN TO US IN TWO DIFFERENT, UM, FUNDING INSTALLMENTS, THAT'S A GOOD WORD FOR IT. SO WE HAVE THE MONEY.

SO IF WE DON'T SPEND IT ACCORDING TO THE RULES, WE'D HAVE TO GIVE IT BACK.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S MY AREA OF CONCERN.

GENTLEMAN IS, IS AND I KNOW HOW THIS I KNOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL WANT THEIR MONEY BACK.

AND SO THAT THAT'S MY ONLY CONCERN.

BROTHER. I'M NOT MARRIED TO ANY ONE OF THESE, BUT I WOULD WANT TO SUPPORT ONE THAT WE CAN BE JOHNNY ON THE SPOT.

MAKE SURE THAT IT THOSE THOSE FINANCES ARE EXHAUSTED.

THOSE. THAT'S WHERE I'M AT, GENTLEMEN.

COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE COUNCIL.

YOU KNOW, LET'S LET'S GET THROUGH THE QUESTIONS NOW OPEN, YOU KNOW, AND THEN GO FROM THERE, BECAUSE MY MY QUESTIONS I HAVE ARE FOR STAFF.

AND IT CAN BE FOR YOU, MS..

SHERMAN OR.

MR.. LITTLE BUT FOR FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR, ACTUALLY, I'M GOING TO START BACKWARDS FOR ITEM SEVEN FUNDING TOWARDS APPROXIMATELY ONE DOZEN WATER MAIN LOOPING AND UPGRADE PROJECTS. DO WE HAVE OTHER FUNDING VEHICLES THAT CAN BE UTILIZED FOR THAT? MR. LITTLE IS SHAKING HIS HEAD.

YES. OKAY.

SO FOR ITEM NUMBER SIX, I MEAN, NOT SIX.

NUMBER FIVE CAN IMPACT FEES BE UTILIZED FOR THAT IN THAT AREA? YES. THE EXPANSION OF THE PARK DEFINITELY.

CAN THE PORTION OF THE PARK THAT'S LIKE A RETROFIT, A CHANGING OF THE EXISTING AREA, LIKE WHERE THE PARKING IS NOW, WE CHANGE THAT OUT TO GREEN SPACE THAT WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO USE IMPACT FEES FOR.

SO WE'D HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER FUNDING SOURCE.

GENERAL FUNDS.

THERE MAY BE GRANTS.

I DON'T KNOW THAT OFFHAND, BUT THAT'S ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY.

THANK YOU. AND FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WITH THE THE SEPTIC TO SEWER CONVERSION, DO WE HAVE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES FOR THAT THAT CAN FUND THAT? NOT CURRENTLY. OKAY.

SO. SO THANK YOU.

THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU.

THAT WAY YOU'RE LEANING TOWARDS.

I'M JUST ASKING QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW AND.

YEAH. YES, SIR. YES.

IS THAT WHERE YOUR. YOUR HEART'S GOING, SO.

YES, SIR.

MY TAKE IS IF WE HAVE OTHER FUNDING MECHANISMS FOR SOME OF THESE ITEMS, THEN WE NEED TO TAKE STRONG CONSIDERATION OF THE ARPA FUNDING BEING THAT IT CAN ONLY BE ALLOCATED TOWARDS

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BUT YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT.

RIGHT ALONG. I WANT TO.

COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO AND THEN COUNCILMAN FOSTER.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO I AGREE WITH YOU, TOO, ON NUMBER FIVE, MAYOR.

AND IT'S 339,000.

SO IT LEAVES US A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY LEFT OVER WHICH WE CAN PUT TOWARDS SOMETHING ELSE.

SO MY INITIAL THOUGHTS WAS TO, YOU KNOW, NUMBER FIVE.

AND THEN NUMBER TWO, I KNEW JEOPARDY DEPUTY SORRY, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON WAS GOING TO JUMP ON RIGHT AWAY WITH NUMBER FOUR, WHICH WAS THAT THAT SEPTIC SEWER.

I THINK IT'S GREAT TO AND AND HE'S ALWAYS BEEN DOING A PUSH FOR THAT AND I'M AN ADVOCATE FOR THAT AS WELL.

MY PRIMARY CONCERN WITH NUMBER FOUR IS THE TIME IT TAKES TO DO IT.

AND I'M NOT SURE IF STAFF MAY SAY IT ONLY TAKES A YEAR OR TWO TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

BUT WE AREN'T.

IT SEEMS LIKE A LITTLE TIME CRUNCH HERE WITH THE MONEY.

SO I FEEL LIKE THE BEST WAY WOULD BE NUMBER FIVE AND NUMBER TWO, NUMBER FIVE FOR 239,000 AND THEN PUT THE REST TOWARDS NUMBER TWO, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY FUNDED IN THE FIRST PLACE.

THOSE ARE JUST MY INITIAL THOUGHTS.

I WOULD OF ORDER.

I ENCOURAGE FUTURE DISCUSSION.

ARE YOU DONE? YEAH.

THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

OKAY. OH, I THOUGHT YOU HAD.

OKAY. DID YOU? WELL, WE DON'T HAVE A MOTION.

OKAY, CARRY ON.

IT'S A BILL BATON, FOLLOWED BY DREW WARREN AND MR. WHITE. THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR.

THANK YOU. GILBERT IN 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.

BY REQUEST UNDER THE RPA FUNDING SINGERS.

HOW THEY CHANGE THE CRITERIA FOR THE STORMWATER CRITERIA IS THAT THAT FUND BE PLACED TOWARDS THE STORMWATER FEE THAT'S BEING ADDRESSED TO EVERY RESIDENT IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

WE'RE HAVING TO PAY THAT.

SO WE COULD USE THIS AT LEAST FOR PART OF THIS, TO OFFSET THE COST OF THE FEE.

WE'RE ALREADY GIVEN THE CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS THE BREAK WITH ARPA FUNDING.

WE COULD NOW USE SOME OF THIS ARPA FUNDING TO GO TOWARDS THE RESIDENTS OF PALM BAY THAT HAVE TO PAY THE STORM WATER UTILITY FEE.

THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST ONE, WHICH EVEN IF IT WAS JUST TO LOWER WHAT THEIR ANNUAL FEE WOULD BE THAT WAY, EVERY RESIDENT THAT PAYS THE STORM WATER UTILITY FEE IS BENEFITING FROM THE ARPA FUNDING EVERY SINGLE RESIDENT.

IF YOU CAME BACK DOWN INTO A CHOICE OF THAT SENSE, THAT WOULD BE MY CHOICE.

BUT IF IT WASN'T BEING ACCEPTED, I'LL UNDERSTAND THAT THE OTHER OPTION WOULD BE GOING WITH YOUR TANGIBLE ITEMS THAT WILL HAVE LONG AFTER THE ARPA FUNDS ARE GONE.

WE'LL HAVE A TANGIBLE ITEM THAT WE'LL ALWAYS BE ABLE TO SEE, AND THAT WOULD BE THE CASTAWAY PARK.

IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT'S THERE.

THIS RESIDENTS HAVE SOMETHING FOR YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR, LONG AFTER THE ARPA FUNDS HAVE DISAPPEARED.

AND WE DON'T KNOW WHERE IT WENT TO BECAUSE THERE WAS NOTHING TANGIBLE LEFT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER. HELLO.

I'M DREW WARREN AT 1615 GARDENS IN STREET NORTHWEST PALM BAY.

AND I JUST WANT TO FIRST START BY JUST SAYING THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO CITY STAFF AND AND TO COUNCIL FOR THE DECISIONS YOU ALL MADE IN TERMS OF USING THE FUNDING TOWARD AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

I'M A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, SO I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE DECISIONS TO MAKE AND ALL OF THEM SOUND LIKE REALLY GOOD CHOICES.

AND I SUPPORTED THE COUNCIL, AND I KNOW YOU ALL WILL MAKE THE WISE DECISION.

I WILL SAY, THOUGH, THAT YOU ALREADY ALLOCATED THE FUNDS AND HAD A VOTE TO ALLOCATE THE FUNDS TOWARD AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS.

AND I DO HEAR YOU.

DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX THAT THAT HOMELESSNESS YOU WANT TO ADDRESS MORE TOWARD HOMELESSNESS.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS.

I CAN TELL YOU A STORY ABOUT A 70 YEAR OLD HOMELESS VETERAN AND HIS ADULT DISABLED DAUGHTER THAT WE JUST PLACED TODAY IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING RELATED TO THIS PROJECT.

BUT THAT'S NEITHER HERE NOR THERE.

IF WE COULD HAVE THEM FUNDING MORE FUNDING ALLOCATED, IT WOULD HELP US SAVE ON THE 850,000 MORTGAGE THAT WE WILL HAVE TO DO, THE UPGRADES ON THE PROPERTY AND THAT KIND OF THING.

THAT 800 ARLINGTON APARTMENT.

WHERE IS THAT? THAT'S THE BAY BAY TOWNHOMES ON PALM BAY ROAD.

PALM BAY ROAD. YES.

RIGHT BEHIND. YES, THE COMMERCIAL.

OKAY, I GOT A PICTURE.

SO? SO THAT $850,000 AMOUNTS TO.

25 TO 50 LESS FAMILIES A YEAR WE CAN SERVE NOW, THAT'S FINE, BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND WE'RE GETTING AN ASSET AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE MIGHT HAVE A MORTGAGE

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AND YOU ALL HAVE REALLY BOUGHT DOWN THE COST OF THAT PROPERTY TO BE ABLE TO.

TO MAKE IT AFFORDABLE PERMANENTLY.

BUT IT REALLY WOULD IMPACT A WHOLE LOT MORE HOMELESS HOUSEHOLDS IF WE WEREN'T HAVING TO PAY MORTGAGE ON IT.

SO AND THEN I JUST I KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ORGANIZATION.

I HAPPEN TO BE THE ONLY ONE IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT.

BUT THERE ARE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WHO PROBABLY FEEL THE SAME WAY ABOUT THAT.

AND I JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN AND MERRY CHRISTMAS.

AND YOU'RE YOU'RE WITH COMMUNITY OF HOPE.

YES. THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER. BY NATHAN WHITE, 1301 STREET SOUTHWEST.

A FEW POINTS. THE WHAT I BELIEVE WOULD BE THE THE OBVIOUS.

WHAT I BELIEVE WOULD BE THE THE OBVIOUS MOST APPROPRIATE AND PROBABLY MOST.

EFFICIENT WITH REGARDS TO TIME.

THE OPTION WOULD BE OBVIOUSLY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL ARPA FUNDING TO THE FIVE OR SO ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE ALREADY APPROVED.

IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE. THE MONEY HAS BEEN DESIGNATED TOWARDS THE HOMELESSNESS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING ISSUE.

THESE ARE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED FOR FUNDING.

IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE TO SAY, OH, WE HAVE SOME EXTRA.

WE'LL JUST HAVE EVERYBODY GETS A BUMP, SO TO SPEAK, OR OBVIOUSLY WORKED OUT MORE SPECIFIC THAN THAT.

BUT IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE AND MEETS ALL THE CRITERIA.

IF ANOTHER OPTION IS GOING TO BE PURSUED, I WOULD HAVE TO SAY I WOULD HAVE TO AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN JOHNSON THAT THE ASSISTANCE WITH FOR RESIDENTS TO TRANSITION FROM SEPTIC TO SEWER WOULD PROBABLY BE THE MOST APPROPRIATE SECONDARY OPTION, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT THERE IS NOT ANOTHER PARTICULAR SOURCE FOR THAT KIND OF FUNDING.

AND IT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT REPEATEDLY AS A DESIRE AND THE MAIN STRUGGLE BEING THAT RESIDENTS, A LOT OF RESIDENTS DON'T WANT TO DO IT AND EVEN MORE RESIDENTS DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO DO IT.

SO IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE IN THAT SENSE.

I WON'T GO INTO ALL OF THE OTHERS, BUT I WOULD TAKE A SPECIAL MENTION.

I ACTUALLY DISAGREE WITH REGARDS TO CASTAWAY POINT AS A VIABLE OPTION.

IT DOES HAVE OTHER FUNDS AVAILABLE TO IT AND IN FACT, MORE THAN MOST THINGS IN THE CITY.

THE WITH REGARDS TO THE IMPACT FEES BEING ABLE TO BE USED TOWARDS IT.

I DIDN'T REALIZE UNTIL THE ITEM HAD ALREADY COME UP AND GONE THAT I STILL HAD MY COMMENT CARD IN MY PAPERS FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM REGARDING THE FINANCIAL REPORT.

BUT THE PARKS IMPACT FEES FOR ZONE ONE, WHICH IS WHERE CASTAWAY PARK WOULD BE THE 32905 IT IS $752,747 IN IT.

THAT COULD BE USED FOR A FAIR AMOUNT OF.

IMPROVEMENTS TO CASTLEBERRY PARK THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GENERAL ISSUE THERE BEING THAT THE PARKS OVERALL FOR THE CITY IMPACT FEES WHEREAS POLICE HAS 2.2 MILLION. FIRE HAS 3.6 MILLION.

PARKS HAS $9.6 MILLION IN IMPACT FEES.

SO THEY HAVE MORE IMPACT FEES AVAILABLE TO THEM THAN OUR POLICE AND FIRE.

SO I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD SHY AWAY FROM USING THOSE TOWARDS CASTAWAY PARK, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT WOULD COME TO TAKING THAT MONEY AWAY FROM THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS OR POSSIBLY FROM THE SEWER CONVERSION.

OF CORCORAN 1878 ONE BROOKE DRIVE.

SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARPA FUNDS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO AN ARTICLE THAT APPEARED IN THE NEW YORK POST EARLIER THIS WEEK.

I WOULD LIKE TO READ A SMALL PORTION OF IT.

THE TOWN OF PALM BEACH GARDENS IS USING $2 MILLION IN FEDERAL MONEY FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN'S $1.9 TRILLION AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN TO BUILD A $16 MILLION PUBLIC COURSE WITH TWO GOLF COURSE WITH TWO TWO STORY CLUBHOUSE DRIVING RANGE.

THAT SHOULD HELP AT LEAST PARTIALLY SLAKE A NEW THIRST FOR GOLF.

CITY'S PROJECTS, ONE OF SEVERAL GOLF COURSE INVESTMENTS THE BIDEN LEGISLATION IS FUNDING IS ENTIRELY WITHIN THE SPIRIT OF THE RESCUE ACT, WHICH DEVOTES ABOUT 9% OF THE MONEY TO PUBLIC HEALTH COURSES THAT FIGHT THE VIRUS, BUT ALLOCATES HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND SCHOOLS FOR THE VAGUE TASK OF PROVIDING SUPPORT

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SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK COUNCILMAN FOSTER, WHEN HE VISITS D.C.

THIS IN FEBRUARY, IF HE COULD CAUCUS WITH THE PEOPLE FROM PALM BEACH GARDENS TO FIND OUT HOW THEY GOT THAT FUNDING.

AND WHEN HE GOES IN FEBRUARY 7TH AND EIGHTH.

I HOPE THIS I WILL PROVIDE THE ENTIRE ARTICLE TO EACH ONE OF YOU IN AN EMAIL AND I HOPE THIS WILL WHET YOUR APPETITE TO READ IT.

THANK YOU. THAT.

IT. GENTLEMEN.

WHAT? WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? WELL, WE CANNOT SPEAK ON THIS.

ABSOLUTELY. WE'LL GET A CHANCE TO SPEAK.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. ITEM NUMBER FOUR, SEPTIC SEWER.

UM. WE THAT'S A THAT'S A BIG PROBLEM IN OUR CITY.

IT'S A MAJOR PROBLEM IN OUR CITY.

AND WE GOT A WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP OUT.

LOW INCOME ELIGIBLE.

WELL, ALSO HOUSEHOLDS THAT HAS A SEPTIC TANK THAT MIGHT BE FAILING.

AND WE COULD GO IN.

AND. TAKE OUT THAT SEPTIC TANK, PUT THEM ON SEWER.

BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO DO THAT.

THEY PROBABLY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO CLEAN THE SEWER OR OR EXCUSE ME, TO CLEAN THEIR SEPTIC TANK OR TO FIX IT.

SO IMAGINE.

YOU PAINT THIS PICTURE FOR YOU? YOUR RESIDENT IN BAY PALM BAY, YOUR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR, SEPTIC TANK.

STARTED LEAKING.

AND THE SMELL AND THE STENCH IS COMING FROM THAT SEPTIC TANK.

BUT YOUR NEIGHBOR DON'T HAVE THE FINANCE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

NOW THIS IS A MAGINATION, BUT I'M QUITE SURE THAT'S PROBABLY HAPPENS IN PALM BAY BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY IS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO TO PROBABLY CLEAN THIS UP TO TANK OR REPLACE THEIR SEPTIC TANK.

BUT IF THIS IS YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

YOU TWO DOORS DOWN.

YOU'RE GOING TO SMELL THAT STENCH.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE ANGRY AT YOUR NEIGHBOR ONCE YOU DO SOMETHING.

I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO.

I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY. ARE YOU GOING TO PAY ME THE MONEY OR ARE YOU GOING TO DO IT FOR ME? NO. YOUR PROBLEM, YOU FIX IT.

BUT IT'S ACTUALLY BECOMES THE NEIGHBORHOOD PROBLEM AND IT BECOMES THE CITY PROBLEM.

A HAZARD OF A SEPTIC TANK.

NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.

THAT'S A HEALTH HAZARD.

NOT ONLY YOU FOR THAT HOMEOWNER, BUT IT'S IT'S A HEALTH HAZARD FOR THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM. IF YOU COULD INDULGE ME, I'D LIKE TO BRING UP IF IT'S OKAY WITH THE CITY MANAGER.

DIRECTOR LITTLE.

AND ASK HIM THIS A FEW QUESTIONS.

I WON'T BE LONG. TRUST ME, IT WON'T BE LONG BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BELIEVE IT.

MY POINT. IT'S A LITTLE DIRECT. A LITTLE. THIS ITEM? NO. MOVE FORWARD. COULD THIS BE IMPLEMENTED WITHIN A YEAR? IT WITHIN PALM BAY WOULD TAKE A YEAR OR TWO YEARS TO IMPLEMENT THESE.

SEPTIC TO SEWER 41 HOMES.

IT COULD BE ONCE THE WORD IS OUT THAT IT IS AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR THOSE.

YES. WHAT WOULD THEY BE? A DIFFICULTY, DIFFICULTY FINDING HOMEOWNERS WILLING TO GET ON THIS PROGRAM, CONSIDERING OUR PAST WITH TRYING TO PUT FORTH, FOR INSTANCE, MANDATORY CONNECTION, I THINK IT WILL BE A CHALLENGE.

THE ALTERNATIVE IS WHEN YOUR SEPTIC TANK FAILS AND YOU HAVE AN INSPECTION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH OR.

OF OUR COUNTY AND WE HAVE SEWER THAT'S READILY AVAILABLE, THE COUNTY WILL DENY A REPAIR PERMIT AND THEY WILL BE FORCED TO CONNECT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

AND THEY'LL HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET.

THEY HAVE NO CHOICE. THEY WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO REPAIR THEIR SEPTIC TANK IF SEWER IS AVAILABLE.

SO DO YOU KNOW THE COST OF THAT? UH, BETWEEN 20 25,000 FOR THE MEMORANDUM.

21,000 IS THE AVERAGE THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING.

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ABOUT THE FEES TO MAKE THE CONVERSION? YES. AND IS THERE A HEALTH HAZARD WHEN WE HAVE A FAILED SEPTIC TANK? YES. IF THERE ARE CRACKS, CONCRETE TANKS, THEY COULD LEACH INTO THE SURROUNDING GROUNDWATER.

SO. WHAT ABOUT THE SMELL? WOULD IT WOULD THAT TYPICALLY WHEN THERE CRACKS AND ARE LEAKS THE THE.

THE BIOLOGICAL PROCESS DOESN'T WORK PROPERLY.

THE WATER GOES INTO THE DRAIN FIELD, PLUGS THE DRAIN FIELD AND GOES INTO THE GROUND.

THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SMELLS, BUT IT'S MORE ABOUT THE THE QUALITY OF THE WATER THAT GOES THROUGH THE DRAIN FIELD BACK INTO THE GROUND.

AND WOULD THAT AFFECT THE CITY? WOULD THAT AFFECT YOUR OPERATIONS WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENS? NO, NOT NECESSARILY.

OUR GROUNDWATER IS FROM A DIFFERENT SOURCE.

MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SEPTIC TANKS ARE TO THE WEST OF I-95 AND THEN TO THE FAR SOUTH AND FAR WEST OF THE CITY.

OUR WATER SOURCES, OUR PRIMARY PLANT IN THE NORTHEAST.

MOST PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE THAT HAS A DEVELOPED PROPERTY HAS CITY SEWER AND OUR WELLS WOULD NOT BE IMPACTED.

AND THEN SOUTH REGIONAL, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH THE CENTER PART OF THE CITY, HAS A DEEPER WELL FIELD FOR THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT.

IT WOULD NOT IMPACT US, OUR WATER QUALITY, THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTS WHERE THERE ARE ISSUES IF YOU HAVE I MEAN, THERE ARE A LOT OF WELLS AND SEPTIC TANKS.

IF THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THAT SEPTIC TANK, IT'S LEACHING INTO THE GROUND.

EVENTUALLY IT WILL GO THROUGH EVERYONE ELSE'S WELLS WHERE THEY'RE DRAWING UP TO USE FOR DRINKING WATER.

SO IF WE WAS THE HOOKUP OF RESIDENTS, WE HAVE TO SAY THEY'RE ON A NEWLY PAVED ROAD AND THEY WANT TO HOOK UP TO SEWER USING THIS PROGRAM WHERE WE HAVE TO TEAR UP THAT ROAD TO HOOK THEM UP OR NO, WE WOULD TARGET THE ONES THAT HAVE SEWER THAT HAS PASSED IN FRONT OF THEIR PROPERTY ALREADY, BUT THEY HAVE CHOSEN NOT TO CONNECT.

OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THAT'S THE THAT'S THE ONLY ITEM I'M IN FAVOR OF SUPPORTING, MAYOR, IS NUMBER FOUR.

I THINK WE.

TO MAKE IT MANDATORY HOOKUPS IS NOT A POPULAR THING.

THAT WILL BE FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

IT'S A NECESSARY THING TO SAVE OUR ENVIRONMENT, I BELIEVE.

AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE CAN OFFER AN INCENTIVE FOR SOMEONE TO HOOK UP TO SEWER, ESPECIALLY SOMEONE IN A LOW INCOME BRACKET. THAT IF.

THEY HAVE A DISASTER ON THEIR PROPERTY.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO HOOK THAT UP.

SO I'M. FAVOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT MY.

I'D LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION.

MR. LITTLE. AND I KNOW THAT YOU COVERED SOME OF IT WITH COUNCILMAN FOSTER.

MY CONCERN IS, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT MARRIED TO ANY ONE OF THESE PROJECTS.

RIGHT. BUT MY CONCERN IS THAT WE DON'T MEET THAT THAT DEADLINE IF WE LEAVE IT TO THE CITIZENS.

RIGHT. TO TO HOOK UP.

THAT'S THE TIMELINE THAT WE'RE CHALLENGED WITH.

AND THAT'S MY MY BIGGEST CONCERN THAT WE ALLOCATE THE FUNDING FOR THIS.

AND WE DON'T WE DON'T MAXIMIZE THAT.

IS THAT A POTENTIAL? IT'S A POTENTIAL.

AND IF THE MONEY WAS ALLOCATED TOWARDS THAT PURPOSE, WE WOULD START THE OUTREACH CAMPAIGN TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, THE CITY'S WEBSITE, EVERYWHERE THAT WE CAN TO SAY THIS MONEY IS AVAILABLE, CONTACT US TO GET CONNECTED.

AND HAVE WE OFFERED A PROGRAM LIKE THAT TO CERTAIN GROUPS OF PEOPLE THAT JUST REFUSE? NO, NOT THAT I'M AWARE.

AND SO YOU YOU BELIEVE THAT IF WE GO DOWN THAT PATH, WE WON'T RETURN ANY OF THE FINANCES? AGAIN, THE RESISTANCE IN 2019 WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT MANDATORY CONNECTION, PEOPLE JUST DON'T WANT TO PAY THE MONTHLY BILL.

UNDERSTOOD. THAT'S WHAT I REMEMBER AS WELL FROM THAT.

SO I CAN'T SAY THAT IN THE AUDIENCE DURING THAT THAT DIALOG.

YES, SIR. YEAH.

YEAH, I KNOW. I WAS IN THAT AUDIENCE TOO, AND I, I WANTED TO CANCEL THE PASS, THE MANDATORY SEWER HOOKUP, YOU KNOW, SPLIT THE BABY, AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE COURAGE TO DO THAT, BUT.

AND MR. JOHNSON. I BELIEVE HE WAS THERE.

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SO I CAN CALL YOU OUT FOR THAT, TOO.

BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE COURAGE.

AM I RIGHT, MR. JOHNSON? YOU'RE RIGHT. OKAY.

AND I SAT THERE AFTER YOU GAVE.

YOU GAVE A GREAT PRESENTATION.

AND I CAME.

AND I THINK I SPOKE TO YOU THAT NIGHT.

AND I CAME AND SPOKE TO AND I SAID, DUE TO SIR, WE COULD WORRY ABOUT THE WATER LATER, BECAUSE THE SEWER, TO ME, WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT.

BUT THIS.

THE COUNCIL WASN'T OFFERING ANY ASSENTED.

I BELIEVE, RIGHT? NO, IT WASN'T OFFERING ANY INCENTIVE THAT NIGHT.

TELL THEM TO HOOK UP.

AND ACCORDING THIS ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WE'RE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHO COULD DO IT, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THEY WON'T HAVE THE FINANCIAL MEANS TO HOOK UP.

AND WE'RE TALKING IN 41 HOUSES.

THAT'S NOT A LOT. BUT IT COULD MAKE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT OVER THE LONG TERM.

WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO NOT HOOK UP TO THE SEWER SYSTEM.

41 NEW CUSTOMERS FOR YOU.

THAT HOUSE WOULD BE THERE A LONG TIME.

AND EVEN THEY TEAR IT DOWN.

THEY'VE GOT TO HOOK IT BACK UP.

ONCE THEY HOOK, ONCE IT'S HOOKED UP.

IF THEY SELL IT, IT'S GOING TO RAISE THEIR PROPERTY VALUE BECAUSE THEY'RE HOOKED UP TO SEWER.

I JUST THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY.

I UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE HOMELESSNESS, I UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE PARK.

BUT WE GOT TO ADDRESS THIS AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ADDRESS.

I KNOW 41 HOUSES IS NOT THAT MANY, BUT IT'S A START AND IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE THINKING ABOUT DOING IT.

AND I'M QUITE SURE YOU PROBABLY HAVE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO DO IT BUT CANNOT AFFORD TO DO IT.

AM I CORRECT? YES.

OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR.

OR COUNCILMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFICATION.

I'LL ASK CITY MANAGER A QUESTION.

IF YOU IF YOU CAN CLARIFY FOR PHASE TWO.

FOR ITEM FIVE, PHASE TWO IMPROVEMENTS TO CASTAWAY POINT, CAN ALL OF THOSE FUNDS CAN THE $339,029.63 BE USED FROM IMPACT FEES? ACTUALLY, JOAN TEXTED ME.

SHE'S A LITTLE MORE FAMILIAR WITH THE PROJECT PROJECT THAN I AM.

SHE SAID THAT ALL OF IT WOULD BE IMPACT FEE ELIGIBLE.

I THOUGHT SOME OF IT WAS IMPROVEMENTS LIKE MAINTENANCE TYPE THAT WOULD NOT BE.

BUT JOAN INDICATES THAT ALL OF IT WOULD BE IMPACT FEE ELIGIBLE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. SO FOR THE SAKE OF TRYING TRYING TO START THE DISCUSSION AND MAKE IT, I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION AND I'M GOING TO TRY TO GET A FEEL OF THE COUNCIL.

IF IF NOT, IT THEN DIES.

IT DIES. BUT IF IT DIES, IT DIES.

THAT'S FROM A MOVIE, IF YOU KNOW.

BUT ANYWAY, SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO PROVIDE MONETARY ASSISTANCE FOR SEPTIC TO SEWER FOR 20 PALM BAY HOMEOWNERS, WHICH EQUATES TO 420,000, AND THE REMAINDER GOES TO COMMUNITY OF HOPE FOR THEIR APARTMENT PROJECT. I'LL SECOND THAT.

AND THEY GO AHEAD AND THANK YOU, MAYOR.

SO, LIKE I PERSONALLY WANT TO PUT THE 41 YOU KNOW, I WANT TO PUT THE 41 TOWARDS PALM BAY, YOU KNOW, THE SEPTIC TO SEWER.

BUT IT IS IT'S ESSENTIALLY A PILOT PROGRAM.

I'LL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT'S A PILOT PROGRAM.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WITH ITEMS FIVE AND SEVEN, THEY CAN BE FUNDED FROM OTHER FUNDING SOURCES.

BUT I DON'T THINK THAT PUTTING IT BACK OUT FOR RFP, WHEN IT WAS WE HAD AN RFP AND WE HAD AN RFP.

SO WE HAVE PLENTY, PLENTY OF TIME FOR ALL THE APPLICANTS TO PUT IN THEIR BEST FOOT LIKE THEY HAD TO TRIES, ACTUALLY, THEY HAD TO TRY WITH THE RFI AND THEY HAD TO TRY WITH THE RFP.

AND HERE WE HAVE ONE APPLICANT WHO WE DIDN'T FULLY FUND, AND THAT WAS ON ME.

I WAS PART OF THAT VOTE. I DIDN'T FULLY FUND YOU, MR. DREW, BUT YOU'RE HERE BEFORE US RIGHT NOW.

YOU STAYED TILL 855, YOU KNOW, SHARING YOUR POINT.

SO THAT'S WHY I MADE THE MOTION THE WAY I MADE IT.

MAYOR, I DO REALIZE THE SEPTA SEWER CONVERSION IS NOT POPULAR, BUT IT IS A PILOT PROGRAM.

I FEEL THAT ALL 20 SPOTS WOULD BE FILLED BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD A FEW PEOPLE BOTH EMAIL US AND COME HERE SAYING, HEY, LIKE WE NEED HELP, BUT HERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HELP THEM THROUGH FUNDING. SO THAT'S WHY I MADE THE MOTION HERE.

THANK YOU. AND I SECOND THE MOTION ON TWO FRONTS.

THE VERY FIRST, WHEN YOU REDUCE THE POTENTIAL OF HOMEOWNERS THAT WOULD EXECUTE THIS, IT INCREASES THAT WE WON'T HAVE TO RETURN THE FUNDING.

RIGHT. AND THEN AND YOU'RE RIGHT, I WAS A BIG SUPPORTER OF COMMUNITY HOPE IF THOSE APARTMENTS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT COUNCILOR OR DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX WE THE COMMITMENT WAS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND MENTAL HEALTH AND AND WHAT COMMUNITY YOU HOPE DOES IF

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AND THAT'S WHY I WAS FULLY ENGAGED, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE INITIALLY GAVE THEM JUST PARTIAL OF THAT FUNDING.

SO I SECONDED THE MOTION BECAUSE I'M I FEEL THAT PIECE THAT WE COULD PROBABLY GET THOSE 20 INDIVIDUALS TO GO TO SEPTIC TO SEWER.

I THINK THAT'S A GREAT COMPROMISE.

COUNCILMAN JOHNSON AND THAT'S WHY I SUPPORTED.

SO WE'VE GOT A MOTION BY.

COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY MAYOR MEDINA.

ANY NOW WE CAN DISCUSS.

DEPUTY MAYOR, I'LL START WITH YOU AND THEN WE'LL START AT THE OTHER END AND MOVE FORWARD.

I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU.

IT IS I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD DO IT, SPLIT IT THAT WAY.

BUT I DO AGREE.

THOSE ARE CERTAINLY IMPORTANT, IMPORTANT FACTORS.

AS I SAID EARLIER, WHERE WHERE I WAS LEANING TO TO STICK WITH WHAT WE ORIGINALLY APPROVED FOR THE FULL AMOUNT.

BUT WE'RE HERE NOW.

SO A DECISION MUST BE MADE.

AND I WOULD AGREE.

AND SEPTIC TO SEWER, CERTAINLY THAT'S SOMETHING COUNCILMAN FOSTER REFERENCE THAT POLITICAL COURAGE.

RIGHT. POLITICAL COURAGE IS VERY IMPORTANT IN A TENURE OF POLITICIANS.

SOME SOME DO, SOME DON'T.

DON'T, DON'T HAVE AS MUCH OF IT.

BUT I TRULY BELIEVE WE ARE ELECTED TO DO THE RIGHT THING, NOT FOR OURSELVES, BUT TO SERVE THE CITY AND TRY TO MAKE THE BEST, BEST WE CAN AND MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION TO MOVE THE CITY FORWARD.

I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT'S A CROSSROAD WE MUST ADDRESS.

SEPTIC TO SEWER AND MANDATORY CONNECTION.

WHEN WHEN, WHEN THAT TIME COME.

THAT'S SOMETHING I'M COMMITTED TO.

I'VE SEEN IT SEVERAL TIMES PUBLICLY.

I THINK THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRULY START.

REALLY START.

GIVE IT A TRY. GIVE IT A TRY AND.

AND SEE HOW IT WORKS.

SHERMAN, LET ME ASK YOU A QUICK QUESTION.

SO WHAT WAS SOME OF THE CONCERN HAS TO DO WITH MAKING THE MONTHLY PAYMENT COMMITMENT, EVEN IF WE DID IT FREE? PART OF CONCERN WAS STILL NOW IT'S A NEW BILL THAT YOU INCUR.

YES. AND THAT'S COMING FROM THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE AUDIENCE AND THEIR COMMENTS TO US THAT NIGHT.

OKAY. BUT, YOU KNOW, I CAN TELL YOU AT SOME POINT THAT SAME MINDSET AGAINST CITY WATER CONNECTION.

AND I REMEMBER HAVING TO YEARS LATER HAVING EXPERIENCED BOTH.

YEARS LATER, I HAD TO CONFESS TO MY WIFE THAT YOU WERE RIGHT.

I HATE. I HATE TO ADMIT SHE WANTED ME.

SHE WANTED US TO CONNECT.

I THINK I'M THINKING AN ADDITIONAL BILL THERE WAS RIGHT IN MY FRONT YARD.

RIGHT RIGHT THERE. THE MAN.

I DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT THINKING.

BUT THE QUALITY OF THE DIFFERENCE THE DIFFERENCE DOES MAKE.

AND I TRULY HAD TO APOLOGIZE TO HER ALL THEM YEARS, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S SO WORTH IT.

AND I THINK WITH THAT APPROACH, THE DIFFERENCE IT WOULD MAKE THE BENEFIT TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE QUALITY OVERALL.

I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WORTH SO I WOULD SUPPORT.

COUNCILMAN JOHNSON'S.

COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO AND THEN COUNCILMAN FOSTER.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS MOTION IS FOR OPTIONAL HOOKUPS, EVEN THOUGH IT WOULD BE FULLY PAID FOR AND NOT MANDATORY.

IT'S PROVIDING ASSISTANCE.

SO. THAT'S WHAT ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS.

IT'S NOT. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MANDATORY HOOK UP RANGE.

ALL RIGHT. BELL RINGS.

SO IF A MALE IS NOT GOING TO GO OUT TO 20 PEOPLE SAYING, HEY, YOU'RE YOU'RE BEING YOU'RE GOING TO BE HOOKED UP, I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT TO MAYBE 300 PEOPLE AND THEN 20 THOSE PEOPLE ARE GOING BE ABLE TO HOOK UP IF THEY SO CHOOSE.

RIGHT. I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO START AN OUTREACH IS WHAT MR. LITTLE SAID. AND I REALIZE THAT INITIALLY THE THE OPTION WAS FOR 41 HOMES.

THE CONCERN WITH THE 41 HOMES WAS WE MAY NOT MEET THAT TIMETABLE.

SO I THOUGHT COUNCILMAN JOHNSON DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB IN SAYING COMMUNITY OF HOPE GETS THIS AFTER 2020 HOMES GET HOOKED UP.

GOT YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. AND ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COUNCILMAN. COUNCILMAN FOLSOM.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND ONCE AGAIN, SPLITTING THE BABY.

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WELL, MAYBE I MIGHT THINK ABOUT LETTING HIM HAVE HIM, BUT.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, I SET UP HERE IN THE COUNCIL, I SAID WE SHOULD DO THE SEWER.

AND YOU RELIVED THAT.

AND YOU YOU WERE RIGHT ON THE COUNCIL.

I DON'T LIKE THIS MOTION.

I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE MAYOR'S COMING FROM.

HE MIGHT NOT GET ALL 41.

BUT I THINK WE CAN.

UM. AND I GUESS YOU GOT TO TAKE WHAT YOU COULD GET.

AND 21 IS BETTER THAN ZERO.

SO THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO SAY, SIR.

GIVE ME 20. IT AIN'T GO 21.

20. I WOULD HAVE WENT 21.

BUT. BUT I HAVE A MOTION.

I HAVE A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECONDED BY MAYOR MEDINA.

ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I, I AND HE OPPOSED.

SIGNIFY BY SAYING NAY.

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

WE ARE NOW ON COUNCIL AND COMMITTEE REPORTS.

[COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL REPORTS]

NOTHING TO REPORT. MAYOR THANK YOU.

COUNCILMAN FOSTER, I JUST WANT TO WISH EVERYBODY ON THE DYESS, EVERYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE AND THE WHOLE PALM BAY.

MERRY CHRISTMAS. MERRY CHRISTMAS.

I LOVE IT. COUNCILMAN FOSTER COUNCIL COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.

ONLY REPORT IS I WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT SUSAN CONNELLY TO THE SUZANNE SUSTAINABLE.

CAN'T EVEN TALK SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD.

ALL. COUNCIL.

DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX THERE.

I'D LIKE TO WISH THE WHOLE CITY A MERRY CHRISTMAS.

ALSO, TAKE THE ADVANTAGE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY.

ALSO TO WISH ALL STAFF MERRY CHRISTMAS.

COUNCIL, MY COLLEAGUES.

MERRY CHRISTMAS AS WELL.

I GUESS THE THE BIG MEETING IS ON SATURDAY AT FRED POPPY PARK FOR FUN EXPERIENCE.

WELL, I'LL LET THIS A GOOD SEGWAY TO THE MAYOR.

WELL, I'VE GOT I'VE GOT A FEW I'VE GOT IN APPOINTMENTS AND I WANT TO THANK THIS COUNCIL FOR ACTUALLY HIGHLIGHTING THE YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD.

I'M GOING TO APPOINT ETHAN DAVIS, WHO'S A STUDENT IN ODYSSEY CHARTER.

I WENT OUT AND I RECRUITED SIR AND THEN SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD.

JANE HIGGINS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE AND OUR INFRASTRUCTURE ADVISORY AND OVERSIGHT BOARD.

LOGAN LUCE SO I'LL BE MAKING THOSE APPOINTMENTS.

I ALSO WANTED TO SHARE.

AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, I FORWARDED A LETTER TO OUR SECRETARY F DOT REGARDING THE SEVERE LOSS OF LIFE THAT WE HAD ON 9.95 AND THE INTERCHANGE IN HOPES THAT WE COULD GET SOMETHING ACCOMPLISHED.

IN A NUTSHELL, I WAS ABLE TO MEET JACK ATKINS, GOT THERE EARLY PURPOSEFULLY WHEN WE WERE AT OUR SPACE COAST TPO, AND I HAD A LENGTHY CONVERSATION ON THE IMPORTANCE OF HOW THAT MEANS TO US OR WHAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.

AND THEY ARE AND I'LL READ THIS, THIS EMAIL, AND I'M GOING TO SHARE THIS EMAIL BEFORE I FORWARDED TO YOU, I WANTED TO SHARE IT PUBLICLY.

COUNSEL SO F DOT IS CURRENTLY WORKING TO OBTAIN FUNDING FOR A MASTER PLAN FOR THE ENTIRE I-95 CORRIDOR IN DISTRICT FIVE, INCLUDING MALABAR ROAD AND 995 INTERCHANGE.

THE GOAL OF THIS MASTER PLAN IS TO DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS AND PRIORITIZE PRIORITIZE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE PORTION OF I-95 AND BREVARD, VOLUSIA AND FLAGLER COUNTIES.

FOR NOW, OUR DISTRICT TRAFFIC OPERATIONS WILL REVIEW OVERALL SAFETY AND OPERATIONS FOR THE MALABAR 95 INTERCHANGE FOR ANY NEAR-TERM IMPROVEMENTS AND MORE QUICKLY.

THAT REVIEW WILL INITIATE IN JANUARY AND TAKE ABOUT 90 DAYS TO COMPLETE.

WE WILL NOTIFY OF OUR STAFF SUBMITTAL FINDINGS.

SO WE ARE THEY ARE WORKING TOWARDS THAT.

I'M GOING TO FORWARD THIS TO EVERYONE ELSE.

SO I'M GOING TO ASK OUR CITY MANAGER TO BECAUSE SHE WAS ALSO COPIED ON THAT, IF SHE COULD PASS THAT ON TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL.

BUT I'M REALLY GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL THAT THIS COUNCIL SUPPORTED THAT THAT INITIATIVE TO GET THAT LETTER OUT TO THE DISTRICT FIVE SECRETARY.

AND MOREOVER, HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE DO LOBBY AND WE DO CONTINUE TO MEET PEOPLE.

PUT A FACE TO A NAME AND AND BUILD RELATIONSHIPS.

GENTLEMEN, THEN I WANTED TO SHARE SOMETHING BEFORE I GO TO THE FAMILY CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA I WANT TO SHARE WITH THIS.

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AND I JUST WANT TO WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, HOW WE DECIPHERED OR THEY DECIPHERED EACH AND EVERY VIDEO OF THOSE CAMCORDERS.

WHAT THOSE BODY CAMS. LISTEN, I KNOW THAT THEY WERE PRECISELY, BUT THEY PAID FOR THEMSELVES TO SHOW THE PROFESSIONALISM OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. AND IT'S BEEN A BLESSING.

OTHERWISE, YOU HAVE ONE SIDE OUT THERE AND AND WE HAVE THE TRUTH RIGHT HERE ON VIDEO WITH THOSE BODY CAMS. SO I WANTED TO COMMEND THOSE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS THAT WERE PERSECUTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

AND YET I COMMEND YOU BECAUSE OF YOUR PROFESSIONALISM.

AND I THANK YOU FOR THE OUTSTANDING JOB THAT YOU ACTUALLY PERFORMED IN PROTECTING OUR CITIZENS.

AND NOW I GOT TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE FAMILY CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA THIS SATURDAY.

REMEMBER, EVERYTHING IS FOR DOUBLE E FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME IN DEPUTY MAYOR.

I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN COMING OUT THERE SINCE WE WERE AT RHODES PARK.

I REMEMBER YOU ALWAYS ENCOURAGING ME DURING THAT TIME.

AND THIS IS THE VERY FIRST TIME WE HAVE A MECHANICAL RIDE IN THAT EXCITING.

SO I EXPECT TO SEE YOU IN THAT MECHANICAL RIDE ON THE TEACUPS, SIR.

AND THEN, COUNCILMAN FOSTER, I EXPECT TO YOU, TOO, TO SLIDE DOWN THAT 75, 75 FOOT SLIDE.

YOU KNOW, IT'D BE GREAT.

ANYWAY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT TIME.

COME OUT AND JOIN US. EVERYTHING AS FAR LEE, HOW THE FIVE MEDICS READY.

AND WE DO WE DO HAVE SOME FIRE MEDICS THAT WILL BE THERE.

YES, SIR. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORTS.

I'M GOING TO GO ON, MADAM CHAIRMAN.

ANYTHING TO REPORT? NO, THANK YOU, SIR.

MR. EDWARDS, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.

REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENCE.

YOUR PRESENCE. MARINE RAS, OUTSTANDING JOB.

ANYTHING TO REPORT, SIR? NO, SIR. SO NOW WE'RE ON PUBLIC COMMENTS.

MR. BILL BATTEN, ROBERT STICE, AND PHILIP COCHRAN.

[PUBLIC COMMENTS/RESPONSES (Part 2 of 2)]

OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.

I HAVE TWO ITEMS TO ADDRESS UNDER PUBLIC COMMENTS.

THE FIRST ONE, WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE TIME FRAME OF A MEETING AND UNDER A SHORT LITTLE BLURB, IT WAS BROUGHT UP THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

AND I'VE HEARD THIS BEFORE.

I'VE BEEN COMING TO THIS THING, THESE MEETINGS FOR WELL OVER 25 YEARS NOW, AS A LONG TIME.

I ATTEND THESE MEETINGS AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE ABILITY WITH OUR SECOND PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION TO REDRESS MY GOVERNMENT.

IT'S IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT A PERSON GETS A CHANCE TO REDRESS WHAT THEIR GOVERNMENT.

OTHERWISE IT'S A DICTATORSHIP.

AND I HAVE TO DO WHAT YOU SAY.

BUT THE ABILITY TO REDRESS IS VERY IMPORTANT AND I REALIZE THAT WE ARE THE ONLY CITY THAT HAS THAT.

SO THAT'S WHY I'M SO PROUD TO BE A PALM BAY RESIDENT, IS BECAUSE WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO SOMETHING THAT NOBODY ELSE WANTS TO DO, AND IT JUST MAKES US STAND OUT JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE.

WE'RE TRYING TO WORRY ABOUT THE IMAGE THAT WE HAVE TOWARDS OUR GOVERNMENT AND OUR GOVERNMENT HAS TOWARDS US KNOW IT'S ONLY 3 MINUTES AT THE END OF A MEETING, BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

AND SO IF YOU'RE TRYING TO SAVE THAT 30 MINUTES AT THE END OF THAT MEETING, PLEASE DON'T CONSIDER.

WELL, WE'VE GOT TO DO AWAY WITH PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THE END BECAUSE IT MAKES US YOU SOMETHING BETTER THAN THE OTHER CITIES.

AND I MEAN THAT WHOLEHEARTEDLY BECAUSE THEY THEY DON'T WANT TO DO IT BECAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID TO LET THEIR CITIZENS ADDRESS THEM.

I'M PROUD OF YOU. I MEAN IT BECAUSE I'M A HARD PERSON AND I COME OFF THE WAY THE WAY I AM, AND I KNOW THAT.

BUT. I'M PROUD THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO TAKE IT, SO DON'T CONSIDER DOING AWAY WITH THAT.

ITEM NUMBER TWO AS I WANT TO WISH EVERYBODY A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND EVEN MORE THAN THE MERRY CHRISTMAS IS, I'M WISHING FOR YOU THE BEST, HEALTHY AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.

MAY THAT FOLLOW.

AFTER THE HOLIDAY, WE OPEN OUR PRESENTS AND WE'RE DONE.

BUT THE REST OF THE YEAR MAY BE HEALTHY AND HAPPY, AND THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE IT HAPPY IS TO ATTEND MEETINGS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WE STILL HAVE TIME.

IT'S BEFORE 11. SO WHAT TIME YOU HAVE? DITTO FOR WHAT BILL BIDEN HAS JUST SAID.

JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS HERE.

I GREW UP DRINKING TEA AT ABOUT FIVE YEARS OLD.

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BUT I DON'T RIDE IN TEACUPS.

I JUST CAN'T BRING MYSELF TO DO THAT.

LISTEN, I KNOW THIS IS LATE, BUT THE VETERANS CEMETERY IN AND PORT CANAVERAL OF CAPE CANAVERAL IS ASKED US TO VOLUNTEER LAYING WREATHS ON VETERAN'S GRAVE.

IT WILL BE TOMORROW AT 11:00 AND DISCUSSING MY WIFE.

I'M LIKE, ALL OF A SUDDEN, I FELT A LOT OF HUMILITY ABOUT IT.

SO IF YOU DON'T KNOW IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO ATTEND, THEY I THINK THEY HAVE ABOUT 538 WREATHS, MORE THAN ENOUGH TO LAY ON ALL THE GRAVES THERE.

AND IT'S WHATEVER TIME YOU WANT TO VOLUNTEER FOR THAT.

SO AGAIN, SORRY FOR THE LATE NOTICE, BUT I THINK IT'S TIME WELL-SPENT.

AND MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYBODY AND THANKS FOR WORKING HARD.

MERRY CHRISTMAS. AND IT IS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE TO LAY A WREATH.

SPOKEN. A FEW ITEMS TO WRAP UP HERE.

IT'LL BE LESS THAN 3 MINUTES.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT DEADMAN'S CURVE OVER THERE BY SUMMERFIELD.

ONE MORE THING THAT COULD BE DONE PRETTY EASILY, AND I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE THIS ONE TO.

MISS SHERMAN, I'M GOING TO GIVE IT TO MY BOA REPRESENTATIVE HERE.

A WATER THAT SECTION OF THE ROAD AT ABOUT 9:00 ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAY NIGHTS.

I THINK IT'D BE MUCH SAFER IF THEY MOVED OUT TO LIKE 2 A.M.

SO THAT THERE ARE NO NOT THAT MUCH TRAFFIC AND VERY FEW MOTORCYCLES OUT AT THAT TIME.

SO WHEN THEY WATER THE ROAD, I'D LIKE TO SEE THEM DO IT EARLY IN THE MORNING RATHER THAN WHEN PEOPLE ARE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE DRIVING ON THE ROAD.

IT'S VERY SIMPLE AND IT DOESN'T COST ANYTHING.

OTHER THINGS THAT I HEAR ABOUT IS TRAFFIC STUDIES, AND WE DO A LOT OF THEM HERE IN PALM BAY.

TRAFFIC IS A PROBLEM.

I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE OUR CITY TO DO THEM IN THE WINTERTIME WHEN WE HAVE ALL THE SNOWBIRDS DOWN HERE.

AS I WAS SITTING IN TRAFFIC ON JUPITER YESTERDAY, WAITING FOR THE THREE LIGHTS TO GET THROUGH, I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, THIS IS THIS IS MORE MORE REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT THE ROADS CAN HANDLE.

AND I THINK WE SHOULD DO ALL OF OUR TRAFFIC STUDIES IN THE WINTERTIME WHEN THERE'S MOST MOST OF THE TRAFFIC IS HERE.

TO THE MAYOR'S POINT, AS I WAS DRIVING HERE THIS AFTERNOON, THE TRAFFIC REPORT CAME ON THE RADIO AND YET ANOTHER ACCIDENT AT 193 AND ON 95.

I THINK THE PERHAPS THE.

AS SOLUTION TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING TILL ONE TWO IN THE MORNING IS TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL MEETING DURING THE MONTH SO THAT WE CAN GET ALL OUR BUSINESS DONE AND PERHAPS THREE MEETINGS RATHER THAN TWO IF WE CAN'T GET IT DONE IN TWO.

SO WITH THAT, I WISH EVERYBODY A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN IN THE NEW YEAR.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FOR ANY.

ANY. THE GOOD OF THE ORDER.

ANYONE SEEING NO ONE.

THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.